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"Go on a crime spree in the Idaho portion of Yellowstone National Park. You can't be convicted because:
1. You'll be on Federal property, meaning the crime will be tried in Federal court.
2. By law, all of Yellowstone, including the Idaho portion, is governed by the US District Court for Wyoming.
3. The Sixth Amendment requires the jury for any Federal case to be drawn from the same "state and district" where the crime is committed.
4. No one lives in the Idaho portion of Yellowstone, therefore, no one lives in that "state and district."
5. Therefore, no jury, and therefore, no conviction."
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1. You'll be on Federal property, meaning the crime will be tried in Federal court.
2. By law, all of Yellowstone, including the Idaho portion, is governed by the US District Court for Wyoming.
3. The Sixth Amendment requires the jury for any Federal case to be drawn from the same "state and district" where the crime is committed.
4. No one lives in the Idaho portion of Yellowstone, therefore, no one lives in that "state and district."
5. Therefore, no jury, and therefore, no conviction."
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Date: 2010-07-12 01:52 pm (UTC)Although I do wonder - does it have any roads?
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Date: 2010-07-12 03:46 pm (UTC)An illegal casino might be fun, until the park authorities/Feds came by and bulldozed it. They might have trouble securing a criminal conviction on you, but you'd still be down the cost of building the place.
I'd guess it has at least one road passing through, on the grounds that Idaho is one of the states you fly to if you want to go to the park, so there must be a road from Idaho to the park. I could be wrong, of course - the road route might cross a state line before you get in to the park itself.
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Date: 2010-07-12 02:39 pm (UTC)