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      "id": 103432,
      "date": "2002-09-06",
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      "title": "Terrorism and Extraterritorial Jurisdiction in Criminal Cases: Recent Developments in Brief",
      "summary": "Most crime is territorial. It is proscribed, investigated, tried, and punished under the law of the\nplace\nwhere it occurs. As a general rule, no nation's laws apply within the territory of another. Yet in a\nsurprising number of instances, federal criminal law does apply overseas to U.S. citizens and foreign\nnationals. As long as there is some nexus to the United States, federal law authorizes prosecution\n-- practical, diplomatic, and procedural impediments notwithstanding. \n  In the 107th Congress, the USA PATRIOT Act and the legislation implementing the\ninternational conventions on terrorist bombings and on financing terrorism have extended the\nsubstantive authority for federal prosecution of crimes occurring elsewhere. This is an abridged\nversion of  CRS Report RL31557(pdf) ,  Terrorism and Extraterritorial Jurisdiction in Criminal Cases:\nRecent Developments , stripped of its footnotes and most citations.",
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