This is a map of Yellowstone National Park. For the most part the park is in Wyoming, but it extends a bit into Montana and Idaho. This little 50 square miles section in Idaho is what concerns us. It’s called the zone of death, because of a loophole that exists in the Constitution of the United States. If someone were to exploit that loophole they might be able to get away with murder. Yellowstone was established in 1872 before Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana joined the Union. It’s federal land and always has been, but federal land across the U.S. is split up and divided into its corresponding state district courts. Except for Yellowstone. And this is where the loophole begins. Law professor Brian C. Kalt points out in his 2005 paper, “The Perfect Crime”, that Yellowstone National Park was assigned fully to Wyoming’s district court, even though small portions fall into Montana and Idaho. “Unlike every other district, the district of Wyoming includes land in other states.” So Kalt asks the question: what happens if you’re caught for a crime you committed in that 50 square mile Idaho region of the park? The first thing law enforcement would do is bring you to Cheyenne, the hub of the district court of Wyoming, because the crime technically happened within Wyoming’s jurisdiction. But Article 3 Section 2 of the United States Constitution says that the trial should happen in the state where you committed the crime. If you’re a savvy murderer you’ll invoke your right to a trial in Idaho. So they bring you back to Idaho no big deal. “In the sixth amendment they said that they would require local juries and the language they use is that the jury has to be from the state and district where the crime was committed.” This is called the Vicinage Clause. That leaves you with a sort of venn diagram. You have the right to demand jury from that middle area, where the state in which you committed the crime, that’s Idaho, overlaps with the judicial jurisdiction where you committed the crime: the Wyoming district that has jurisdiction over Yellowstone National Park. And here’s the problem: “nobody lives there. There’s there’s no way for them to give you a trial and so I argue they should have to let you go.” This could also happen in the Montana portion of the park, except a few dozen people do live there, so a jury could theoretically be called. Kalt has proposed numerous solutions to Congress to fix the loophole, but they have yet to act. “All they have to do is redraw the district line so that the district of Wyoming is Wyoming, the district of Idaho is Idaho, and the district of Montana is Montana and if they do that this all goes away.” So if you’re planning a gathering of your adversaries, exes, and debtors, maybe try Yosemite.
Explains problem that needs to be fixed and explains how to exploit it.
Battle royale
50 sq mi. Lawless land:
"Curious People": its free real estate
Who read the comments to find out who have the badass idea to commit crime??
Them FBI agents going off after clicking on this video
Me and my cousin joked about killing our entire families there.
packs weed
I know where I'm going with my buddies
great so let's just announce to the whole world that there's a part of america which doesn't have law
Nice I’m on my way 🚘
Thx let me just get my plane tickets
Problem: no law zone
Me🤔: hmph… well theoretically if the guy got caught killing someone in the death zone the police could kidnap him take him to that area and kill him the police will be charged for kidnapping (assuming that the murderer wasn't in the death zone when he was kidnapped) he will then get bailed out with like government money or sumthin case closed
Intelligence: 100
I’m actually going to Yellowstone in a few weeks so……you know
why tell people? honestly…. why do that?
Bet
The 5th hour of this movie had me cracking up, best plot twist ofall time, when the daughter got revenge… priceless
~watches video~
MOM I WANNA GO TO IDAHO, CAN I TAKE "insert person I hate"
Thanks for telling me😊
Why is Wyoming like a square?
For that matter, why are most state borders straight lines? 🤔
It has NOT always been federal land, as stated at the beginning of the video. It was originally Native land, prior to federal land.
Aren't there just special circumstances where trials are relocated when appropriate juries can't be formed?
A nice spot for duelling though.
No one:
Vox: Murder your enemies in Wyoming.
PvP zone
taking notes
Great now ill take my sister to a vacation in yellow stone and then kill her cuz she broke my ps4 !!!!!!
Imma take my ex to Yellowstone!
If an illegal immigrant is an exploiter and murders someone there they are gonna get banned from the server.
seems like a politicians dumping ground for prostitutes
Something I absolutely did not need to know but, here I am absorbing in information that I most likely remember every time Yellowstone National Park or anything relate to that is brought up,
So… Uh… I may have some business in that area if someone wouldn’t mind giving me a ride and wouldn’t mind my extra large duffel bag that occasionally moves and screams?
This'll be very useful. Thank you.
FOR A BOOK I'M WRITING. Don't call the FBI just yet!
I’m pretty sure this video just gave a lot if people the answer to get away with murder
I feel like the authorities would quickly come up with an alternative if this ever actually led to a murder.
I love this but why would you tell somebody how to jurisdictionly wise perfectly commit murder
I live in Idaho and I approve this message someone come murder me
A legal battle Royale
Now we’re all on the fbi watch list
Soo umm… I hope no one here is planning on going somewhere ? 😅
Literally no one :
Vox : here's a place where there exists a loop hole for the perfect murder
Serial killers be like 😍😍😍😍
Is this why Yellowstone has a courthouse? I went about a week ago, and I saw a courthouse there. Made me wonder at the time, but now it makes kind of sense.
This is the type of content I would pay $10/month for a Vox subscription. ☠️
well boys, we did it, prisoners are no more
Has this been patched?
Why….. why would you fuel the imagination of the feeble-minded and the psychotic!?!?
sounds like a nice place to hide
I never knew America had it's own PvP zone
Saving this for later…
Me and my baby momma taking a trip to Yellowstone, but only the Idaho area.
Road trip !!!
I thought you guys were talking about Yellowstone canada
"You've entered the pvp zone"
Dont mind if i do
2.9 Million people really out here tryna murder somebody😬
Why yosemite not yellowstone at the end? Is this supposed to be a misinstruction so people commit nonperfect crime in the wrong park?
easy blame it on the earth duh
Ok thanks.
Definitely not gonna commit a murder or anything.
This video was sponsored by the State of California.
As if the court wouldn't just hold you without bail until a jury can be selected.
Once the police decide they have to release you they wait for the victims next of kin to be there, armed and ready.
Thank you for this information. Time to go on a road trip with a person I hate and pretend it's all cool
Good luck getting congress to do anything. States should just rebel against the central gov’t—the feds are so useless
I committed murder in Yosemite and all I got was this lousy T-Shirt
This isnt really a loophole youll still be taken ro court…
I know why you clicked this video last summer! 🧐
50% more murder were committed in Idahoh than any other country in the world
Why would you tell people this
Anyone wanna go for a hike? It'll be fun
Looks like I’m taking a trip to Yellowstone with my wife
Time for a family vacation
Thanks! I have now gotten away with 3 murders already… 3!!!!
So I can achieve my goals?
huh ironic talking about death right next to one of the soon tbe destroyers of man in the history of the world…the didn't get that joke in Pompei either…
So this is basically the GTA paintshop garage of all GTA paintshop garages?
Quick! Get the job done before congress does something!
Thank you vox now I can take my wife for lunch
When will they patch this
Now I know where to Download Trumph
hey mom lets got to yellow stone
Yay! Now i know how to gwt away with murder!
With 3 million views, some actual murderers or future murderers are very likely to have seen this video.
useful, v e r y, useful.
90% of the comments are someone taking his/her wive to the land of the loophole.
I'll keep this in mind thanks.
Thanks for the info
plans date with ex wife
"Its federal land and always has been", umm.. you need to do a history lesson on American colonisation.. pretty sure it was Native American land for a lot longer than it was ever classed as federal land!
I worked in Yellowstone many years and never knew this. Wish I would have known this back then. Missed that one!
Yellowstone ironically could possibly be what kills literally everybody.
This has been fixed in the latest patch 2019.2
Huh? Yellowstone? What's in there? Meh, who cares. Yellowstone doesn't sound important.
one of those bizarre loopholes…
Umm why would you tell us this
On my way to Eastern Idaho.
Missing 411- David Paulides
Guess what I’m doing this weekend 😈
It's a simple spell but quite unbreakable
Nobody:
Vox: Hey guys we figured out where to play Hunger Games at!
Me and my wife enters in the area….
Wife- why do I hear boss music?