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5-54-203. Making a terrorist threat.

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5-54-203. Making a terrorist threat.

5-54-203. Making a terrorist threat. (a) A person commits the offense of making a terrorist threat if, with the purpose to intimidate or coerce a civilian population or to influence the policy of a government or a unit of government by intimidation or coercion, the person in any manner knowingly threatens to commit or causes to be committed a terrorist act and thereby causes a reasonable expectation or fear of the imminent commission of a terrorist act or of another terrorist act. (b) It is not a defense to a prosecution under this section that at the time the person made the terrorist threat, unknown to him or her it was impossible to carry out the threat, nor is it a defense that the threat was not made to a person who was a subject or intended victim of the threatened act. (c) Making a terrorist threat is a Class A felony.

Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 5-54-203

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Stable record: arkansas_code:legal_authorities:5-54-203
Source file: gov.ar.code.title.05.odt
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5-54-203. Making a terrorist threat. (a) A person commits the offense of making a terrorist threat if, with the purpose to intimidate or coerce a civilian population or to influence the policy of a government or a unit of government by intimidation or coercion, the person in any manner knowingly threatens to commit or causes to be committed a terrorist act and thereby causes a reasonable expectation or fear of the imminent commission of a terrorist act or of another terrorist act. (b) It is not a defense to a prosecution under this section that at the time the person made the terrorist threat, unknown to him or her it was impossible to carry out the threat, nor is it a defense that the threat was not made to a person who was a subject or intended victim of the threatened act. (c) Making a terrorist threat is a Class A felony.

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