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Mar 11, 2002 criminal law kidnapping revised penal code article 270 minors custody

Custodial Trust AND Betrayal Examining THE Deliberate Failure TO Return A Minor

A babysitter's brief custody of a newborn becomes a kidnapping conviction under Article 270, explaining deliberate failure to return.