Yes, but you need to convince a judge, not the president. http://www.washblade.com/2004/7-16/news/police/ A Florida man was sentenced on July 8 to five years in federal prison for plotting to fire bomb abortion clinics, churches and gay bars. Stephen John Jordi, 36, pleaded guilty in February to a single charge of attempted arson of an abortion clinic. Judge James Cohn declined to sentence Jordi under a federal terrorism law, which could have resulted in a longer sentence. Cohn explained that federal sentencing rules require plots to have an international component in order to be considered terrorism. "This crime was strictly domestic and in no way transcended national boundaries," Cohn said.
On 6/23/06, Scott Stewart wrote: > Seven men in Florida busted for trying to engage Al-Queda in a plot to blow > up the Sears tower in Chicago > > > > http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/sections/news/060623_batiste_indict.pdf > (full indictment on terrorism charges) > > > > Man in Maryland plans to blow up abortion clinic, made bomb steals guns from > neighbor, bomb blows up nieghbor's house. brought up on weapons and > explosives charges > > > > Question: Shouldn't the second case be tried as an attempted act of > terrorism also? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:210131 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
