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lindbergh law  

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  • “Lindbergh Law” is the name that was given to the Federal Kidnapping Act, which was passed after the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh's son in 1932. Lindbergh was an aviator and inventor who was known at the time as “Lucky Lindy” after his successful solo transatlantic crossing in a single-engine plane named the Spirit of St. [Source: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encylopedia; Lindbergh Law]

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