The Importance of Location in Criminal Law

A friend of mine who's in AA, I'm not going to give a name because it's anonymous, right? That's the whole thing. He told me once that they have this thing about geographical cures. And it's basically if you move your problems move with you. This is true of criminals too. Bertha gets arrested, but she skips bail and takes off for Canada. She was found guilty in 1881 and got two years in prison at Blackwell's Island,. What is now Roosevelt Island, right in the middle of the East River.