Q Where or how can one commit a murder and not be prosecuted for it? —Kunal Dhawan There’s a famous legal article by law professor Brian C. Kalt arguing that there is a 50-square-mile area of Yellowstone National Park in which people can commit felonies with impunity. The Constitution has clear rules about where juries must come from, but because of a mistake in drawing district lines, prosecuting a crime in this area requires that the jury come from an area with a population of 0. But don’t head out on a crime spree just yet. I asked a federal prosecutor about the “Yellowstone loophole.” He
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