My question involves juvenile law in the State of: mississippi what are the penalties or charges for harboring a runaway across state lines in Mississippi?
My question involves juvenile law in the State of: mississippi what are the penalties or charges for harboring a runaway across state lines in Mississippi?
If it occurs across state lines, it turns into a FEDERAL level charge, not a state level one.
what would the consequenses be
Google "Mann act".
ok will do. can someone tell me what the consequenses be if i went to someones house and my parents came to get me and i wouldn't leave i'm sixteen and in the process of trying to get emancipated. i went to a friends house and my dad came there and beat me REALY bad and i called the cops and they just sent me home with him.. i am sixteen and i was at my friend and his moms house who is 19.. what would the consequenses be for them if i wnt back and wouldn't leave..
As I read it, the maximum penalty is a year in prison for the person who knowingly participated in harboring the juvenile across state lines. (Not to mention consequences associated with a criminal record for a federal crime against a juvenile that would follow.)
And....getting into ANY level of trouble with the law, whether "justified" by what's going on at home or not, is likely to shoot down your chances of emancipation. If there is abuse occurring in the home, then CPS and/or police need to be contacted each and every time some form of physical abuse occurs.
thank you. are the charges the same for harboring within state lines? it is still considered harboring since i am at the age of conent and refuse to leave right?
Your consent to go and desire to stay is irrelevent. So long as you are a juvenile, you are under the authority of your parents. The Mann Act makes it a federal crime for an adult to transport individuals under the age of 18 across state lines when such an act works against parental authority.
Usually, penalties can include being fined for $5,000, or imprisoned for 5 years, or both - BUT could be doubled if a minor (you) is involved.
You can always check with the FBI's Louisville field office at (502) 583-3941 and see exactly how interested they'd be if your parents reported the situation.
Bottom line the adult that harbors you is playing a very dangerous game with very serious consequences
ok thank you very very much!!!