Kidnapping

Kidnapping

Kidnapping is generally classified as a crime involving danger to a person.  State laws define kidnapping or abducting as unlawfully removing a person against his or her will by force, threat or deception, a substantial distance under the circumstances from the place where he or she is found, or unlawfully confining another person for a substantial period in a place of isolation, with any of the following intentions:
 

	Hold for ransom or reward, or as a shield or hostage.
	Facilitate commission of any felony or flight thereafter.
	Inflict bodily injury on or to terrorize the victim or another.
	Interfere with the performance by public officials of any governmental or political function.

Also, depending on the state, confinement of a child or minor against his or her will without the consent of his or her parent or legal guardian, or interfering with the custody of a child or minor may be considered kidnapping.

In addition to severe state kidnapping penalties, federal statutes will apply when a victim is transported from one state to another.

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