State Vs Federal Crime
happen to be state crimes. In seeking to distinguish between federal and state jurisdiction in prosecutions of a criminal nature, and in reference to crimes against persons, this text will concern itself with kidnapping. Kidnapping, in basic terms, has got to do with the illegitimate or illegal restraint/imprisonment and transfer of an individual from a specified place to another against his or her will (Carper, McKinsey, and West, 2007). Kidnapping could be prosecuted in either federal or state courts. Kidnapping as a Federal Offense When state lines are breached, then kidnapping automatically becomes a federal felony. More specifically, in the… Continue Reading...
