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Tennessee law could protect suspected kidnapper of Elizabeth Thomas

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COLUMBIA, Tenn. - A Tennessee District Attorney told WHNT the man believed to have kidnapped 15-year-old Elizabeth Thomas could walk away with only a misdemeanor.

Investigators have repeatedly said it doesn't matter if the teen willingly left with 50-year-old Tad Cummins.


"If she comes back and she is absolutely adamant that this is all voluntary, her own doing, that he didn't touch her, it's going to be difficult to prove that," said Cooper.


"Our kidnapping statute says in essence through it's silence on that issue. It's saying that you can be between 13 and 18 and you can legally make the mature decision to leave your family and run off with a person never to be seen again," said Cooper.


Tennessee law could protect suspected kidnapper of Elizabeth Thomas | WHNT.com


"Our kidnapping statute says in essence through it's silence on that issue. It's saying that you can be between 13 and 18 and you can legally make the mature decision to leave your family and run off with a person never to be seen again," said Cooper.


NOT KIDNAPPING!
 
You're hanging your support of the man on a legal loophole that needs to be clarified in law?

Disgusting.

As far as not touching her, why did he fill his boner script?
 
Interesting. But since they crossed state lines, I wander why this isn't a federal case.
 
Skeptic Bob said:
Interesting. But since they crossed state lines, I wander why this isn't a federal case.
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federal law trumps state law?


lot of law breakers in Colorado when it comes to pot
 
I predict that this thread will turn into one side arguing that 50 year old teachers shouldn't be held accountable for essentially convincing students to run away... and another full of sane people.
 
volsrock said:
federal law trumps state law?


lot of law breakers in Colorado when it comes to pot
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Federal jurisdiction trumps state jurisdiction.
 
volsrock said:
federal law trumps state law?


lot of law breakers in Colorado when it comes to pot
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I think the federal government often oversteps its authority. But crimes that cross state lines legitimately fall under federal jurisdiction.
 
Skeptic Bob said:
I think the federal government often oversteps its authority. But crimes that cross state lines legitimately fall under federal jurisdiction.
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If its legal for a 13 yo to run off with someone in Tenn, than he wasn't committing a crime when he crossed state lines
 
volsrock said:
federal law trumps state law?


lot of law breakers in Colorado when it comes to pot
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Yep. It's why the feds were called in to hunt down all those bank robbers back in the 1920s and 1930s since they crossed over state lines so much.
 
Tigerace117 said:
Yep. It's why the feds were called in to hunt down all those bank robbers back in the 1920s and 1930s since they crossed over state lines so much.
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They were breaking the law

Again...If its legal for a 13 yo to run off with someone in Tenn, than he wasn't committing a crime when he crossed state lines
 
volsrock said:
They were breaking the law

Again...If its legal for a 13 yo to run off with someone in Tenn, than he wasn't committing a crime when he crossed state lines
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Maybe not in Tennessee but what about the other states they crossed to get to California?
 
volsrock said:
They were breaking the law

Again...If its legal for a 13 yo to run off with someone in Tenn, than he wasn't committing a crime when he crossed state lines
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Is there a reason you are defending a fifty year old dude abducting a teenage girl?

As for legality, well......even if Tennessee is that backwards, federal law will have something to say.
 
volsrock said:
They were breaking the law

Again...If its legal for a 13 yo to run off with someone in Tenn, than he wasn't committing a crime when he crossed state lines
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What if it's not legal in the state he crossed into?
 
volsrock said:
They were breaking the law

Again...If its legal for a 13 yo to run off with someone in Tenn, than he wasn't committing a crime when he crossed state lines
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Yes, in Tennessee... the minute they stepped over state lines... and ended up in California, federal law steps in. Federal law does not currently allow for taking children from one state to another without the written consent of their parents.

Game? Set? Match?
 

It's a federal matter. No one cares what Tennessee thinks at this point.
 
You are right. It's not kidnapping. It's child molestation, and that pervert should be hung by his balls until he is dead, dead, dead.
 
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