Law Stack Exchange
Law Stack Exchange

Questions tagged [kidnapping]

21 questions
48
votes
5 answers

Is it kidnapping if I steal a car that happens to have a baby in it?

Suppose I steal a car, and there's a baby in the back seat. Did I just kidnap the baby?
moonman239
  • 3,076
  • 4
  • 25
  • 42
28
votes
3 answers

Is it considered kidnapping if an underaged teenager willingly goes with someone else without the permission of their parent or guardian?

I have often read about kidnapping charges being brought against a non-custodial parent during divorce or against an individual when a teenager runs away from home with their respective boyfriends or girlfriends. In criminal law, are the wishes of a…
AlanSTACK
  • 2,100
  • 3
  • 14
  • 28
11
votes
2 answers

Is the forced detention of adult students by private universities legal?

It appears that there are certain private colleges in India which have rather stringent residential rules in their college campuses/dormitories. Specifically, the students are not allowed to physically leave the campus at any time during the entire…
Agnishom Chattopadhyay
  • 219
  • 2
  • 6
7
votes
3 answers

Can a surrogate be guilty of kidnapping?

If the pregnant party/surrogate mother, during the pregnancy, formed a bond with her unborn baby(s) such that she felt she could not give them up and so she decided to leave, give birth and keep the baby as her own, would she be guilty of…
Ethan
  • 2,224
  • 1
  • 14
  • 34
6
votes
1 answer

What laws are broken if you help a perhaps-not-competent 18-year-old escape from his parents?

There is an autistic boy aged 18. His parents have worked very hard to keep him mainstreamed his whole life. So he's been in private schools but had lots of tutoring and lots of sessions at clinics that help with life skills and such. I would say…
B. Goddard
  • 517
  • 1
  • 4
  • 12
5
votes
1 answer

Will a bank give my money back if I'm coerced to give it to a criminal?

In Brazil, it's not uncommon for criminals to kidnap someone and coerce them to give them money from their bank accounts. This can be done by taking the victims to ATMs or even demanding a transfer via the victim's bank app, all at gunpoint! In many…
sourcream
  • 464
  • 2
  • 9
4
votes
1 answer

What offences are made out by John Kramer's acts, if proved?

In the Saw franchise it has be said by Jigsaw/John Kramer himself and by others that "he has never actually killed anyone" and that everyone "has a chance to survive". Consider a basic 'test' where a man is chained to a basement by his ankle with a…
Ethan
  • 2,224
  • 1
  • 14
  • 34
4
votes
2 answers

Who investigates the Kidnapped Sheriff?

Assume the mob kidnaps the sheriff of a county of Colorado (18 USC 351 does not apply to the Sheriff, right?) and they never cross the state border. During the kidnapping, the mob's enforcers wound a deputy of the sheriff, but he survives (so 28 USC…
Trish
  • 50,532
  • 3
  • 101
  • 209
4
votes
3 answers

Is taking an injured person to a hospital without their consent kidnapping?

I found this definition of "kidnapping" on Google: kidnap, verb. Take (someone) away illegally by force, typically to obtain a ransom. Synonyms: abduct, carry off, capture, seize, snatch, take hostage. "they attempted to kidnap the president's…
Christina
  • 41
  • 2
4
votes
1 answer

Is it really an abduction if the protest or resistance ends before the "victim" is "released"?

My friend ran into her ex-boyfriend at a store. They began arguing, he grabbed her and carried her to his truck, then drove off with her and didn't have her consent. She tells me that he was going to take her home after "dragging her to Burger…
Casey
  • 41
  • 1
4
votes
1 answer

Kidnapping if two children run away, and one turns 18?

So let us say that if there were two minors that ran away together. If one of them turns 18 after they have run away, could the 18 year old be arrested for kidnapping?
Tim0thy
  • 51
  • 3
3
votes
2 answers

Is it legal to record audio using a phone if the phone has been stolen?

I am thinking of creating a business wherein I use specialized software on a client's phone that can be leveraged in the event that the phone in question gets stolen or the owner kidnapped. The specialized software can, among other things, record…
Steve Mucci
  • 133
  • 3
3
votes
4 answers

Is it a crime to shoot a kidnapper who is in the process of kidnapping your child?

If someone was in the process of kidnapping your baby and you were chasing after that person, if you have a gun on you and you use it to shoot that person and then that person dies, would you be charged with murder?
user20867
2
votes
3 answers

Hypothetical invoving the Felony Murder rule and a violent crime intermeddled-upon by an un-involved murderer

This is a hypothetical that I encountered in a work of fiction. The work itself wasn't really a story about law and only briefly discussed the possible ramifications, but I thought I would bring it here because I found it really interesting. I'll…
Robert Columbia
  • 3,899
  • 4
  • 24
  • 48
2
votes
1 answer

Is it legal to pay a ransom?

While kidnapping and extortion are illegal, is it legal to pay such criminals for the release of the person or thing being held? Are there particular circumstances of the payer or payee that make it legal in some circumstances and illegal in others?
Dale M
  • 237,717
  • 18
  • 273
  • 546
1
2