MS SB2235

Amends Mississippi's Terroristic Threats Law (Section 97-7-75) to revise the elements required to establish the offense of making a terroristic threat

Removes the requirement that threats be made "to cede to the person's demands" from both subsections covering intimidation of civilian populations and influence over government/educational institutions/businesses

Maintains that a terroristic threat requires making a threat to commit violence or cause bodily injury that creates a reasonable expectation or fear of imminent commission of an offense

Preserves the provision that defendants cannot claim as a defense their lack of intent or capability to actually commit the threatened act

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