Here is where I got the information on the Patriot Act.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c107:4:./temp/~c1078s0Wnx:e353863:
That being said. I merely have a BS in Criminal Justice. That hardly makes me an expert.
I've been researching and the Patriot Act DID add death penalty additions:
Title 18, Chapter 228 has some information that I got from:
http://straylight.law.cornell.edu/uscode/search/uscode18.html
But I'm still not sure...