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Texas Prosecutors are Calling a Teenage Shooting Spree ‘Terrorism’ – the Case Could Reshape American Criminal Law

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For decades, terrorism researchers have generally distinguished terrorism from other forms of violence by one defining feature: the intention to intimidate a wider audience beyond immediate victims. That distinction has shaped both academic research and criminal prosecutions in the U.S. Yet scholars have long debated a deceptively simple question: Is terrorism defined by why violence More The post Texas Prosecutors are Calling a Teenage Shooting Spree ‘Terrorism’ – the Case Could Reshape American Criminal Law appeared first on CounterPunch.org .

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