AUTHORIZED TERMS OF IMPRISONMENT FOR TERRORISM CRIMES

Kirsten Neilsen kirsten at Infothecary.ORG
Wed Oct 3 09:42:43 PDT 2001


hey legal eagles --

does the piece of the PATRIOT Act of 2001 quoted below indicate that these crimes do not fall under any sentencing guidelines?

"(e) AUTHORIZED TERMS OF IMPRISONMENT FOR TERRORISM CRIMES. -- A person convicted of any Federal terrorism offense may be sentenced to imprisonment for any term of years or for life, notwithstanding any maximum term of imprisonment specified in the law describing the offense. The authorization of imprisonment under this subsection is supplementary to, and does not limit, the availability of any other penalty authorized by the law describing the offense, including the death penalty, and does not limit the applicability of any mandatory minimum-term of imprisonment, including any mandatory life term, provided by the law describing the offense."



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