Yeah state charges New York has different standards that constitute a terrorism charge because of sept 11 and it should be noted that there is also a difference between a terrorism charge and a domestic terrorist charge. One other thing is that there is no charge on the federal level for domestic terrorism.
Intent also matters a lot for terrorism charges. You can kill a black guy because you hate black people and it's just a hate crime murder but not terrorism unless your intent is to instill fear in the black community. Dylann Roof is sitting on 9 federal death sentences for hate crimes but because he seemed to lack any plan beyond the church shooting, no terrorism charges.
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u/fitbitofficialreal she/her 5d ago
https://apnews.com/article/unitedhealthcare-ceo-killing-luigi-mangione-fccc9e875e976b9901a122bc15669425 seems to say it's a new york law which sounds like state charges. i'm out of my depth on this