Crime of Terrorism

Crime of Terrorism. (a) A person is guilty of a crime of terrorism when, with intent to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, influence the policy of a unit of government by intimidation or coercion, or affect the conduct of a unit of government by murder, assassination or kidnapping, he or she commits a specified offense. (b) A person convicted under this section may be punished by life imprisonment without parole for the offense of murder as defined in 6 CMC § 1101. (c) A person convicted under this section may be punished by imprisonment of not more than fifteen years for any sexual offense as defined in 6 CMC § 1301 et seq. and kidnapping as defined in 6 CMC § 1421 or by life imprisonment without parole for the offense of kidnapping if the person committing the offense voluntarily releases the victim alive and uninjured and in a safe place prior to trial. (d) A person convicted under this section may be punished by imprisonment of not more than ten years for all other specified offenses. Source: PL 14-59, § 3 (3504), modified. Commission Comment: The Commission substituted “6 CMC § 1301 et seq.” in place of “PL 12-082” in subsection (c) above, and deleted figures that were a repetition of words in subsections (c) and (d) above pursuant to its authority by 1 CMC § 3806(d) and (e), respectively.