Fill and Sign the 18 Usc247 Us Code Title 18 Crimes and Criminal Form

7 Damage To Religious Property 18 USC § 24 7 (a)(1) Title 18, United States Code, Section 247(a)(1), makes it a Federal crime or offense under certain circumstances for anyone to intentionally [deface] [damage] [destroy] any religious real property because of the religious character of that property. The Defendant can be found guilty of that offense only if all of the following facts are proved beyond a reasonable doubt: First: That the Defendant intentionally [defaced] [damaged] [destroyed] the real property described in the indictment, as charged; Second: That the Defendant did so knowingly and because of the religious character of that property; Third: That the Defendant in committing such acts, [t raveled in interstate commerce] [used a facility or instrumentality of interstate commerce]; [and] Fourth: That the loss resulting from the [defacement] [damage] [destruction] of such real property was more than $10,000. [and] [Fifth: That [death] [bodily injury] resulted from the Defendant' s acts.] The term " religious property" simply means any church, synagogue, mosque, religious cemetery, or other religious property. [To " travel in interstate commerce" simply means to t ravel from one state into another state.] [To "use a facility or instrumentality of interstate commerce" simply means to use a device, such as a, that is commonly used to [t ravel] [communicate] from one state into another state.] [The term "bodily injury" simply means a cut, abrasion, bruise or disfigurement; or physical pain or illness; or the impairment of the function of a bodily member, organ or mental faculty; or any other injury to the body no matter how temporary.] ANNOTATIONS AND COMMENTS 18 USC § 24 7 provides: (a) Whoever, in any of the circumstances referred to in subsection (b) of this sect ion - -(1) intentionally defaces, damages, or destroys any religious real property, because of the religious character of that property, or attempts to do so [shall be guilty of an offense against the United States]. * * * * * (b) The circumstances referred to in subsection (a) are that - -(1) in committing the offense, the defendant t ravels in interstate or foreign commerce, or uses a facility or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce in interstate or foreign commerce; and (2) in the case of an offense under subsection (a)(1), the loss resulting from the defacement, damage, or destruct ion is more than $10,000. Maximum Penalty: One (1) year imprisonment and applicable fine unless bodily Injury results (or the offense is otherwise aggravated as specified in subsection (c)(1) and (2) of the statute).