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  2. U.S. Constitution Annotated
  3. Article IV. Relationships Between the States
  4. Section II
  5. Clause II
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    Clause 2 Interstate Extradition

    A Person charged in any State with Treason, Felony, or other Crime, who shall flee from Justice, and be found in another State, shall on Demand of the executive Authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having Jurisdiction of the Crime.

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