Delaware · Delaware Code — Title 11, Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Del. Code (Title 11) § 783A: Kidnapping in the first degree; class B felony
What this law says, in plain English
Kidnapping in the first degree occurs when someone unlawfully restrains another person for ransom, as a shield, to commit a crime, to cause injury, for sexual abuse, to terrorize, or to take a child from custody—and does not release the victim alive, unharmed, and safely before trial.
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