1. How does your state’s law define kidnapping? What degrees of kidnapping are effective in your state? How do federal kidnapping laws differ from your state’s kidnapping laws?
2. How do false imprisonment and abduction laws vary from kidnapping in your state?
3. Provide an example of a recent case involving a computer or high-technology crime. What law was broken? When was this law enacted? What was the punishment?
Hawaii defines kidnapping as unlawfully removing a person from the place of abduction without the consent. That person can be used as a shield or hostage and ransom can be demanded. In Hawaii, Kidnapping can be classified as a Class A or Class B felony. If the defendant voluntary release the victim without inflicting any
