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But leaving aside the nature of the penalties, consider the impact of a conviction. It is wholly disproportionate, I suggest, to the nature of the offence. A person convicted of an offence under the terrorism legislation would have the greatest difficulty in travelling to America, especially at the moment. They might even be arrested by ICE; they might even regard it as lucky if that was all that happened in the hands of ICE. Their employment prospects too would be gravely prejudiced. A conviction for an offence under terrorism legislation could also have the gravest of social outcomes.