Rhode Island Kidnapping Attorney
Kidnapping Lawyer in Rhode Island
Have you been charged with kidnapping? This is a serious offense with the harsh penalties if convicted. You should get the counsel of a Rhode Island kidnapping lawyer from our firm immediately.
Rhode Island General Laws 11-26-1, defines kidnapping as whoever, without lawful authority, forcibly or secretly confines or imprisons another person within this state against his or her will, or forcibly carries or sends another person out of this state, or forcibly seizes or confines or inveigles or kidnaps another person with intent either to cause him or her to be secretly confined or imprisoned within this state against his or her will or to cause him or her to be sent out of this state against his or her will.
Penalties for Kidnapping
The penalties for kidnapping are up to twenty (20) years imprisonment. Kidnapping may be charged as a domestic violence crime which would carry the additional penalties of domestic violence counseling and a no-contact order. Kidnapping of a minor child, under the age of sixteen (16) years, is punishable by twenty (20) years to life imprisonment.
Child-Snatching Charges
Child-snatching specifically deals with custody of minor children between parents. Child-snatching is defined as any person who intentionally removes, causes the removal of, or detains any child under the age of eighteen (18) years, whether within or without the state of Rhode Island, with intent to deny another person's right of custody under an existing decree or order of the family court.
The penalties if convicted include imprisonment for a term not more than two (2) years, or a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both. The same penalties are imposed for the abduction of a child prior to a court order determining custody.
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