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tazzygirl -> RE: those silly Italians judges! (11/7/2009 8:01:41 PM)
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At this point, the flight from justice is more pressing than the other charges.
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18 USC Sec. 1073 01/05/2009
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TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 49 - FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE
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Sec. 1073. Flight to avoid prosecution or giving testimony
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Whoever moves or travels in interstate or foreign commerce with
intent either (1) to avoid prosecution, or custody or confinement
after conviction, under the laws of the place from which he flees,
for a crime, or an attempt to commit a crime, punishable by death
or which is a felony under the laws of the place from which the
fugitive flees, or (2) to avoid giving testimony in any criminal
proceedings in such place in which the commission of an offense
punishable by death or which is a felony under the laws of such
place, is charged, or (3) to avoid service of, or contempt
proceedings for alleged disobedience of, lawful process requiring
attendance and the giving of testimony or the production of
documentary evidence before an agency of a State empowered by the
law of such State to conduct investigations of alleged criminal
activities, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more
than five years, or both. For the purposes of clause (3) of this
paragraph, the term "State" includes a State of the United States,
the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or
possession of the United States.
http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/18C49.txt
He would have faced less time had he stayed.
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