MS HB209

Amends Section 97-7-75 of the Mississippi Code to revise the definition of making a terroristic threat under the "Mississippi Terroristic Threats Law"

A person commits the offense when making a threat to commit a crime of violence or cause bodily injury that causes reasonable expectation or fear of imminent offense, with intent to intimidate or coerce a civilian population or influence government, educational institution, or business policy by intimidation or coercion

Removes language requiring that the threat be made to "cede to the person's demands" from both intimidation and coercion provisions

Clarifies that 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 the intended victim

Establishes punishment as a felony with imprisonment up to ten years in the Mississippi Department of Corrections