A law Professor from Michigan since 2005, is trying to attract the attention of the US authorities to the so-called «zone of death» in Yellowstone national Park. Because of the legal nuances here (theoretically) possible to commit any crime — and remain unpunished.
To better understand what is «zone of death» in Yellowstone, imagine two friends. For example, Jim and Arthur. They are camping in the Park, an area of 50 km2 in Idaho. (Recall that bofmost of the Park is located in Wyoming.) During the holidays they start a brawl, Arthur kills Jim. But instead of burying the body and try to escape, Arthur calmly confesses the incident to the authorities.
On the court, he refers to the sixth amendment, which grants the right to a jury trial. The jury by law are recruited from the state in which the murder was committed (Idaho) and from the Federal district where it was committed. But the fact that the County of Wyoming has control over all of Yellowstone, even over the territories in Montana or Idaho. So, by law, jurors have to be recruited from the people of Idaho, living on the territory of Yellowstone. Here there is a «hitch.» Nobody lives on this territory. Jury to gain the impossible, and Arthur let go.
Of course, such a scenario is almost fantastic, but if this situation really happens, a loophole I can use.
For the first time attention it drew in 2005 law Professor from Michigan Brian Kalt in his article «the Perfect crime».
Since then, Kalt repeatedly tried to reach out to the authorities that they considered the «zone of death», but it took 13 years and it still exists.
As stated by press Secretary of the Senator from Idaho Jim riche, «this area is very small and there is an extremely low crime rate».
«Of course, the senators have much more important things, but sooner or later the killer could exploit this loophole. I did everything I could to prevent it. So the blood is on the hands of the government,» said Brian Kalt.
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