Terrorism Law Used Against Luigi Mangione: What to Know

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Many other states passed similar laws around the same time, and Congress approved the Patriot Act.
49% : "You're trying to prevent individuals in this country who want to change government and use extremism and violence to that end," whether what they want to change is foreign policy or health care industry regulation, said.
44% : Manhattan prosecutors got convictions or guilty pleas in cases including plots to bomb synagogues or open fire on their congregants; a plan to build pipe bombs to try to undermine public support for the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; alleged efforts to recruit support for the Islamic State group and to provide money and knives to Syrian extremists; and a white supremacist who killed a Black man because of racial hatred.
41% : There's no comprehensive count of cases where the anti-terrorism statute was used, because it can be layered onto many different types of charges, from weapons possession to murder.

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