PL § 490.25 Crime of terrorism.                                            
  1. A person is guilty of a crime of terrorism  when,  with  intent  to
intimidate  or  coerce  a civilian population, influence the policy of a
unit of government by intimidation or coercion, or affect the conduct of
a unit of government by murder, assassination or kidnapping, he  or  she
commits a specified offense.                                            
  2. Sentencing.                                                        
  (a)  When  a  person  is convicted of a crime of terrorism pursuant to
this section, and the specified offense is a class B, C, D or  E  felony
offense,  the  crime  of  terrorism  shall  be  deemed  a violent felony
offense.                                                                
  (b)  When  a  person  is convicted of a crime of terrorism pursuant to
this section, and the specified offense is a class  C,  D  or  E  felony
offense, the crime of terrorism shall be deemed to be one category high-
er  than  the specified offense the defendant committed, or one category
higher than the offense level applicable to the  defendant`s  conviction
for  an attempt or conspiracy to commit the offense, whichever is appli-
cable.                                                                  
  (c) When a person is convicted of a crime  of  terrorism  pursuant  to
this section, and the specified offense is a class B felony offense, the
crime  of  terrorism  shall be deemed a class A-I felony offense and the
sentence imposed upon conviction of such offense shall be in  accordance
with section 70.00 of this chapter.                                     
  (d)  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law, when a person is
convicted of a crime of terrorism pursuant  to  this  section,  and  the
specified  offense  is  a  class  A-I  felony offense, the sentence upon
conviction of such offense shall be life  imprisonment  without  parole;
provided,  however,  that  nothing  herein  shall  preclude or prevent a
sentence of death when the specified offense  is  murder  in  the  first
degree as defined in section 125.27 of this chapter.