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Re:China using big data to detain people before crime is com... by sitkack on Thursday March 01, 2018 @10:30AM (#16492713)
What you describe is attempted kidnapping.
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Re:China using big data to detain people before crime is com... by JoeAltmaier on Thursday March 01, 2018 @10:33AM (#16492736)
No, its going through some motions. If you don't make the attempt, its not an attempt. By 'change of heart' I meant they don't make contact, not that they 'let them go'.
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