Timeline for When was murder first made a federal crime?
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| Feb 4, 2017 at 22:20 | vote | accept | temporary_user_name | ||
| Feb 4, 2017 at 15:37 | comment | added | phoog | I was confused because of the phrase "involve the US as a party." The only parties to a criminal action are the prosecuting state and the defendant, so it's hard to see how a state crime could ever end up in federal court except on appeal. | |
| Feb 4, 2017 at 14:12 | history | edited | feetwet♦ |
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| Feb 4, 2017 at 6:14 | answer | added | user6726 | timeline score: 5 | |
| Feb 4, 2017 at 6:10 | comment | added | temporary_user_name | Yes, exactly. @phoog I understand that, but given that context, historically when were federal murder laws first established? | |
| Feb 4, 2017 at 5:54 | comment | added | user6726 | Do you mean for example, when was it first a crime to murder commit murder out of the jurisdiction of a specific state? | |
| Feb 4, 2017 at 5:47 | comment | added | phoog | Congress can pass laws about things that aren't mentioned in the constitution; murder is one of those things, as are most crimes. Federal crimes generally have to have a federal angle of some sort, such as interstate commerce, or a victim who is a federal officer or employee. I do not know when federal law first criminalized murder, nor the specific federal context of the crime. | |
| Feb 4, 2017 at 5:36 | history | asked | temporary_user_name | CC BY-SA 3.0 |