The US Cannot Arrest its Way Out of Violent Extremism
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This October, the first American convicted on Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)-related charges is set to be released. Shannon Maureen Conley of Colorado was convicted in 2015 for attempting travel to the so-called Islamic State. In court, she claimed to have completely rejected jihad, and her psychiatric evaluation found that she has severe mental health issues, but “she is not a terrorist.”…