MS SB2416

Amends Section 97-7-75 of the Mississippi Code to revise the elements of making a terroristic threat offense.

A person commits the offense when making a threat to commit a crime of violence or cause bodily injury if the threat causes reasonable expectation or fear of imminent offense and the person intends to intimidate or coerce a civilian population or influence government, educational, or business policy through intimidation or coercion.

Removes language requiring that threats be made to force victims "to cede to the person's demands."

It is not a defense that the defendant lacked intent or capability to actually commit the threatened offense, or that the threat was not made directly to an intended victim.

Conviction is a felony punishable by imprisonment up to 10 years in the Mississippi Department of Corrections.