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In most jurisdictions of the world, aircraft hijacking is punishable by life imprisonment or a long prison sentence. In most jurisdictions where the death penalty is a legal punishment, aircraft hijacking is a capital crime, including in China, India, Liberia and the U.S. states of Georgia and Mississippi.
The punishment for piracy under the 1819 statute was death. In 1897, the penalty was changed to life imprisonment at hard labor. In 1909, the penalty was changed to life imprisonment. The piracy law enacted in 1909 has not been changed since.
?aircraft piracy? means seizing or exercising control of an aircraft in the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States by force, violence, threat of force or violence, or any form of intimidation, and with wrongful intent.
The aircraft piracy statute authorizes the Government to seek the death penalty if the death of another person results from the aircraft piracy. See JM 9-63.100, et seq. The definition of "special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States" is found at 49 U.S.C. § 46501(2).
Crimes in the air are usually prosecuted in federal court and can carry substantial fines and lengthy prison sentences. In cases of hijacking (piracy), the death penalty could even be on the table.
The statute of limitations for federal crimes as per 18 USC 3282 states "that the government can no longer file criminal charges for an offense once 5 years has passed," even for something as headline grabbing and terrifying as an airplane hijacking. However, there are some exceptions made to this rule.
Hijacking involves the unlawful use of force by a person, while on board an aircraft in flight, or threat or by any other form of intimidation to seize or exercised control of an aircraft or attempt to perform such an act.