HR 1478 · 94th Congress · Crime and Law Enforcement
A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code to provide in certain circumstances the death penalty for kidnaping, and to establish a rebuttable presumption with respect to certain unexplained disappearances.
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.(1975-01-15)
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Establishes the death penalty for kidnapping if the person has not been liberated unharmed. States that failure of a person, who voluntarily travels with another, to arrive after a ressonable time creates a rebuttable presumption that the person has been decoyed or inveigled.…
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