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  2. Texas Penal Code - Wikipedia

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    The first codification of Texas criminal law was the Texas Penal Code of 1856. Prior to 1856, criminal law in Texas was governed by the common law, with the exception of a few penal statutes. [3] In 1854, the fifth Legislature passed an act requiring the Governor to appoint a commission to codify the civil and criminal laws of Texas.

  3. Terroristic threat - Wikipedia

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    In the Model Penal Code, terroristic threats are defined as assault related crimes. [20] Under the MPC "a person is guilty of a felony of the third degree if he threatens to commit any crime of violence with purpose to terrorize another or to cause evacuation of a building, place of assembly, or facility of public transportation, or otherwise to cause serious public inconvenience, or in ...

  4. Terrorism - Wikipedia

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    Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of violence against non-combatants to achieve political or ideological aims. [1] The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violence during peacetime or in the context of war against non-combatants. [2]

  5. Definition of terrorism - Wikipedia

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    In Canada, section 83.01 of the Criminal Code defines terrorism as an act committed "in whole or in part for a political, religious or ideological purpose, objective or cause" with the objective of intimidating the public "with regard to its security, including its economic security, or compelling a person, a government or a domestic or an ...

  6. Threat assessment - Wikipedia

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    Threat assessment is the practice of determining the credibility and seriousness of a potential threat, as well as the probability that the threat will become a reality. [1] [2] Threat assessment is separate to the more established practice of violence-risk assessment, which attempts to predict an individual's general capacity and tendency to react to situations violently.

  7. Gov. Abbott issues orders to safeguard Texas from CCP threats

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    (The Center Square) – Ahead of the state legislature convening in January, Gov. Greg Abbott issued four executive orders to safeguard Texas from espionage threats posed by the People’s ...

  8. Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Wikipedia

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    The Code of Criminal Procedure, [1] sometimes called the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1965 [2] or the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1965, [3] is an Act of the Texas State Legislature. The Act is a code of the law of criminal procedure of Texas. The code regulates how criminal trials are carried out in Texas.

  9. Bobby Chesney - Wikipedia

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    Robert M. Chesney (2007). "Anticipatory Prosecution in Terrorism-Related Cases". The Changing Role of the American Prosecutor. Robert M. Chesney (2007). "Terrorism and Criminal Prosecutions in the United States" (PDF). Commission of Inquiry into the Investigation of the Bombing of Air India Flight 182. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03