Authority for the Removal of Fugitive Felons Apprehended Under 18 U.S.C. § 1073

Authority for the Removal of Fugitive Felons Apprehended Under

18 U.S.C. § 1073

An individual charged with a violation of the Fugitive Felon Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1073, which m akes it a federal offense to travel interstate to avoid a state felony prosecution, among other things, may be “prosecuted” only in the federal judicial district in which the original state crim e was com m itted, or from which he fled, and “only upon formal approval in writing by the Attorney General or an Assistant Attorney General of the United States, which function of approving prosecutions may not be delegated.” Under…