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A classic Hollywood trope is the idea of a poster with the photo of a given criminal along with very large print text that would say something like “Wanted- Dead or Alive”. But did these actually ever exist and could you actually kill someone legally when such a poster was issued by the authorities?
Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2019/05/could-you-really-legally-kill-someone-with-a-wanted-dead-or-alive-bounty/
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanted_poster
https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/digital-billboard-initiative/digital-billboard-initiative
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-history-of-the-most-wanted-poster_b_5851ba70e4b0865ab9d4e8d7
http://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/item105922.html
https://www.fbi.gov/?came_from=https%3A//www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/inactive/usama-bin-laden
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/03/20/rare-wanted-poster-printed-after-lincoln-assassination-display-harvard/eTtK1FkT8NzediC0veWozL/story.html
https://truewestmagazine.com/i-read-somewhere-that-no-legal-agency-ever-put-out-wanted-posters-that-stated-dead-or-alive-whats-the-truth/
https://www.history.com/news/jesse-james-wanted-poster-goes-up-for-auction
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleeing_felon_rule
https://archive.org/details/lifeoftomhorngov00hornrich/page/n12
https://archive.org/details/cu31924002532475/page/n18
https://www.bountyhunteredu.org/what-is-a-bounty-hunter/
https://medium.com/bounties-network/a-brief-history-of-bounties-9ad5d
