Zone of Death (Yellowstone)
The Zone of Death is the name given to the 50 sq mi Idaho section of Yellowstone National Park. The Sixth Amendment decrees that juries in federal criminal cases must be made up of citizens who are from both the district and state where the crime was committed. No such jury could be assembled.
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The Zone of Death is the name given to the 50 sq mi Idaho section of Yellowstone National Park. As a result of a purported loophole in the Constitution of the United States, a criminal could theoretically get away with any crime, up to and including murder. The Sixth Amendment decrees that juries in federal criminal cases must be made up of citizens who are from both the district and state where the crime was committed. Because of this, charges for a crime alleged to have been committed in the area of the park in Idaho would have to be tried before a jury consisting entirely of residents of that area, and the trial would also have to take place in that area.
No such jury could be assembled. Thus the defendant would be unable to have a fair trial, and could not receive legal punishment for any alleged crimes. In 2007, author C. J. Box wrote a novel called Free Fire that featured the Zone, which Box hoped would increase governmental awareness.
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