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Court: Students in School Plot Can Be Tried Under Terrorism Laws

HeadlineAug 10, 2007

In Massachusetts, the state’s high court has ruled that a pair of teenagers who allegedly plotted a Columbine-style attack on their high school could be charged under a state anti-terrorism law passed in the wake of Sept. 11. The former students are on trial for conspiracy to commit murder and threatening to use deadly weapons at school. The students were also originally charged with promotion of anarchy. But a judge tossed that charge after concluding the alleged conspirators were not trying to rally others in an attempt to overthrow the government.

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