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== [[Real Life]] ==
* Sadly, today, Bounty Hunting is only legally practiced in the United States [well, for the most part], and the Philippines. This made both American and Filipino bounty hunters worried, fearing that eventually, bounty hunting itself would be illegal worldwide, [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/29/us/29bail.html but for now, there are many criminals to hunt down.]
** American police officers are generally accepting of bounty hunters, assuming the guy knows what he is doing. A favorite tactic to capture a fugitive hiding in someone else home is to 'accidentally' reveal the fugitive's location to the Bounty Hunter who is not required to obtain a warrant since he is retrieving capital for his employer. Since the fugitive jumped his bail he physically represents the money that the bail bondsman has lost (see page quote)
** And the [[There Is No Higher Court|United States Supreme Court]] is apparently OK with bounty hunting. ([[wikipedia:Taylor v. Taintor|At least, they've never overturned this holding.]])
*** ''When bail is given, the principal'' [the criminal] ''is regarded as delivered to the custody of his sureties'' [the bail bondsmen/bounty hunter].'' Their dominion is a continuance of the original imprisonment. Whenever they choose to do so, they may seize him and deliver him up in their discharge'' [turn him over to the police]''; and if that cannot be done at once, they may imprison him until it can be done. They may exercise their rights in person or by agent. They may pursue him into another State; may arrest him on the Sabbath; and if necessary, may break and enter his house for that purpose. The seizure is not made by virtue of new process. None is needed. It is likened to the
** Of course, this ''only'' applies within the boundaries of the United States. [[Dog the Bounty Hunter]] was arrested on kidnapping charges after pursuing a fugitive into Mexico and taking him back to the U.S., while in the early 1980s bounty hunter [http://writ.news.findlaw.com/commentary/20030710_covey.html Daniel Kear] was arrested, convicted and jailed for kidnapping when he pursued his quarry into Canada.
** It should also be noted that this statement supporting bounty hunting is made ''Obiter Dictum'', which means that it has no legal force as one would find with a precedent. It does however have persuasive value and tends to support bounty hunting in it's current form. This statement, plus the fact that the US Supreme court has yet to come outright and say that bounty hunting is no longer legal, suggests that this business will be alive and well for some time. This is unlikely to change since you can bet your bottom dollar some criminal caught this way has tried to challenge it at some point.
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