In an unpublished decision, the Third Circuit determined that a Pennsylvania conviction for making threats with intent to terrorize another is a crime involving moral turpitude.  "We conclude that a threat communicated with a specific intent to terrorize is an act accompanied by a vicious motive or a corrupt mind so as to be categorically morally turpitudinous."

The full text of Javier v. Attorney Generalhttp://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/152781np.pdf

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