GraceG
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The charges of "especially aggravating kidnapping" are telling. In Tennessee kidnapping is defined as false imprisonment that occurs when you knowingly take or confine another person against his or her will, exposing the person to bodily injury. It is charged as a Class C felony carrying penalties of three to 15 years in prison and fines of up to $10,000. ( this and following information from the 2010 Tennessee Code Title 39)
A kidnapping that involves specific types of circumstances will elevate the charge to aggravated kidnapping. These circumstances include kidnapping another with the intention of causing serious bodily harm or terrorizing someone else, kidnapping someone in order to more easily commit a felony or flee the scene after committing a felony or to interfere with some type of government function, or a kidnapping that causes bodily harm or is committed with the use of a deadly weapon (aggravating is still a Felony, but class B, punishable by eight up to 30 years in prison and fines of up to $25,000.
Only more serious aggravating circumstances will lead to a charge of “especially aggravated kidnapping.”
These circumstances include kidnapping someone under the age of 13, kidnapping in order to get a ransom or reward, kidnapping someone to hold as a hostage, using a deadly weapon while kidnapping, or seriously injuring someone in a kidnapping crime.
Especially aggravated kidnapping is charged as a Class A felony carrying 15 up to 60 years in prison and fines of up to $50,000.
