Explain like I’m five and foreign, what is the importance of crossing state lines in convictions that they mention it? For example,
22-year-old Matthias Jacob Edward Mann was arrested by the FBI at his family’s home in Hartselle, Alabama Thursday morning. His charges include attempted kidnapping and attempting to entice someone to cross state lines to commit a sexual crime.
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In general the states are responsible for enforcing their own laws within their own boarders. However each state is their own jurisdiction which make it hard for the states to enforce crimes which take place in multiple states. So the Constitution gives the federal government authority in these cases. And in general the federal law is more strict then the state law, at least when it comes to sentencing. This is because crimes which take place across multiple states tends to be more serious then local crimes.
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