See this website on the Patriot Act:
http://www.lifeandliberty.gov/highlights.htm
I believe the implication is that the death penalty IS permitted for terrorists...I have to find the statute to absolutely prove it, but this definitely suggests it.
`(c) CONSPIRACY- A person who conspires to commit an offense under this section shall be subject to the same penalties (other than the penalty of death) as the penalties prescribed for the offense, the commission of which was the object of the conspiracy.'.
That's not what I am getting from it. But I am not an attorney.
Got caught up, but need to get some weaving done for this weekend.
I'll be back later, before we leave for lunch to soak up all y'alls wisdom. :-)
LL, get a few of those chores done this afternoon. ;-)
Pinz