(720 ILCS 5/29D-35)
Sec. 29D-35. Hindering prosecution of terrorism.
(a) A person commits the offense of hindering prosecution of terrorism when
he or she renders criminal assistance to a person who has committed
terrorism as defined in Section 29D-14.9 or caused a catastrophe as defined in
Section 29D-15.1 of this
Code when he or she knows that the person to whom he or she rendered criminal
assistance engaged in an act of terrorism or caused a catastrophe.
(b) Hindering prosecution of terrorism is a Class X felony, the sentence for
which shall be a term of 20 years to natural life imprisonment if no death was
caused by the act of terrorism committed by the person to whom the defendant
rendered criminal assistance and a mandatory term of natural life imprisonment
if death was caused by the act of terrorism committed by the person to whom the
defendant rendered criminal assistance. An offender under the age of 18 years at the time of the commission of the offense shall be sentenced under Section 5-4.5-105 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
(Source: P.A. 99-69, eff. 1-1-16.)
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