(Oregon) Life imprisonment for any and all involved in a protest that blocks traffic: Senate Bill 742
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SALEM -- A bill that would define violent protesters as terrorists and subject them to possible life imprisonment came under attack Monday at a packed and sometimes tense legislative hearing.
Antiterror bill meets opposition at hearing. -- The Oregonion
Senate Bill 742
Relating to terrorism; creating new provisions; and amending section 19, chapter 666, Oregon Laws 2001.
...A person commits the crime of terrorism if the person knowingly plans, participates in or carries out any act that is intended, by at least one of its participants, to disrupt: ...Commerce or the transportation systems...
...A person convicted of terrorism shall be punished by imprisonment for life... the court shall order that the person be confined for a minimum of 25 years without possibility of parole, release to post-prison supervision, release on work release or any form of temporary leave or employment at a forest or work camp.
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