Felony kidnapping cases in Rhode Island are charged by grand jury indictment in Superior Court, not by criminal information. The grand jury is a panel of citizens [...]
Yes, regularly. Rhode Island kidnapping indictments are reduced or dismissed in a meaningful percentage of cases, especially where the alleged restraint was brief, where consent evidence exists, [...]
International child abduction is its own legal world. The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction governs civil recovery of children wrongfully removed to [...]
Expect the state to fight bail hard. Rhode Island prosecutors routinely file "proof of guilt evident or presumption great" motions in kidnapping cases to hold defendants without [...]
For a standard kidnapping of an adult under R.I.G.L. § 11-26-1, the statutory maximum is up to twenty years in prison. When the victim is a minor [...]
Yes, but it is unusual and usually wrong. Rhode Island has a separate statute - R.I.G.L. § 11-26-1.1, custodial interference - that is specifically designed for custody-dispute [...]
