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Then go the route that she's prosecuted and convicted solely by the Virginia courts and not the feds. In the Virginia courts the sentence (at least in current law, one would have to review the law at the time of the kidnapping too) most kidnapping appears to be a class 5 felony with sentences of 1-10 years. So in Virginia she could perhaps hope to convince a judge to sentence her to just a couple of years of prison followed by a period of parole.
That's what I originally wanted to do, but upon reading more, it definitely qualifies as a federal crime, since she did cross state lines with the child. Is it plausible that the federal government would not bring any charges in this case even though it could?