On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Kurt Feltenberger <[email protected]> wrote: > On 8/29/2012 4:48 PM, Anthony Jackson wrote: >> >> On 8/29/2012 11:43 AM, Onno Meyer wrote: >> >>> And what happens the first time the bounty hunter makes a wrong >>> identification? >> >> >> He gets sued and possibly prosecuted, and lacking sovereign immunity, it >> probably doesn't go very well for him. > > > If it's in the US, licensed bounty hunters have quite a bit of protection > and ability to act "above" the law.
Depends entirely on the state. Illinois, for instance, has no concept of a bounty hunter in its laws. A bounty hunter that comes into Illinois has no authority to take a fugitive into custody (and if one does so, he's likely committing a crime. There have been prosecutions about that.) nor to transport someone he might legitmently have taken in custody in another jurisdiction through the state. So, if he knows where the fugitive is in the state, his option is convince the fugitive to leave, or convince a local to act on his information, and make it clear to the entity who'd put the bond up that the bounty hunter is responsible for the arrest, not the independent action of the arresting police force. Three guesses how likely that is... Such a jurisdiction provides lots of opportunities for an adventure. If the polity is friendly with the one where the fugitive is wanted, there re chances to cooperate with some authorities (either openly or covertly, possibly with the payment of some money.). If they're not, then there are opportunities to find a sympathetic cop or just a corruptible one, or for covert operations. -- David Scheidt [email protected] _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
