Section 940.305. Taking hostages.

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(1) Except as provided in sub. (2) , whoever by force or threat of imminent force seizes, confines or restrains a person without the person's consent and with the intent to use the person as a hostage in order to influence a person to perform or not to perform some action demanded by the actor is guilty of a Class B felony.

(2) Whoever commits a violation specified under sub. (1) is guilty of a Class C felony if, before the time of the actor's arrest, each person who is held as a hostage is released without bodily harm.

1979 c. 118 ; 1993 a. 194 ; 2001 a. 109 . The constitutionality of s. 940.305 is upheld. State v. Bertrand, 162 Wis. 2d 411 , 469 N.W.2d 873 (Ct. App. 1991).

                    
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