South Carolina Statutes
§ 24-13-450 — Taking of hostages; penalty.
South Carolina·Title 24 CORRECTIONS, JAILS, PROBATIONS, PAROLES AND PARDONS·Ch. 13 PRISONERS GENERALLY
An inmate of a state correctional facility, a local detention facility, or a private entity that contracts with a state, county, or city to provide care and custody of inmates, including persons in safekeeper status, acting alone or in concert with others, who by threats, coercion, intimidation, or physical force takes, holds, decoys, or carries away any person as a hostage or for any other reason is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for a term of not less than five years nor more than thirty years. This sentence must not be served concurrently with any sentence being served at the time the offense is committed.
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Legislative History
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 55-7.4; 1972 (57) 2515; 1997 Act No. 136, SECTION 1; 2010 Act No. 237, SECTION 80, eff June 11, 2010. Effect of Amendment The 2010 amendment rewrote the section.
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