Author Question: According to Article IV, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution, when a fugitive from one state is ... (Read 44 times)

littleanan · **on:** Jul 9, 2018

According to Article IV, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution, when a fugitive from one state is apprehended in another state, what may the apprehending state do with the prisoner?

a. It has no authority over the prisoner.
b. It must turn the prisoner over to the federal government for arbitration.
c. It must retain the prisoner in the apprehending state so as to protect his or her rights from the abusive state.
d. It must retain the prisoner in the apprehending state until his or her sentence is completed.
e. It must extradite the prisoner to the original state to stand trial or complete a previously imposed sentence.

Question 2

According to the privileges and immunities clause of Article IV of the U.S. Constitution, if a criminal escapes from Texas into Louisiana he or she will be ____________ back to Texas to stand trial.

a. transferred
b. returned
c. deported
d. expelled
e. extradited