Changes pending. The States of Jersey has reviewed the laws to control work and housing in Jersey and has drafted a new law, the Control of Housing and Work (Jersey) Law, intended to simplify the regulations. The draft law is pending Privy Council sanction and is expected to come into effect in 2012.
Aggravated kidnapping...also a felony...carries a sentence of five years to life, depending on the facts of the case.4 And because kidnapping is a strike under California's three strikes law, you must serve at least 85% of your sentence before you are eligible for release.
Kidnapping laws in the United States derive from the Common Law of kidnapping that was developed by courts in England. Originally, the crime of kidnapping was defined as the unlawful and non-consensual transportation of a person from one country to another.