I visited the Yellowstone Zone of Death

Summary by Krater

Tom Scott visits Yellowstone's 'Zone of Death', a 50-square-mile area in Idaho where a constitutional loophole could theoretically allow someone to commit a crime and escape prosecution due to the requirement for a jury from both the state and district.

From the video

Answers: What is the Zone of Death in Yellowstone and how does it work?

• Yellowstone National Park's Zone of Death
• Sixth Amendment jury requirements
• Constitutional legal loopholes
• Federal district vs state jurisdiction
• Brian Kalt's legal research

What it concludes

• Congress gave all of Yellowstone Park to the federal district for Wyoming, despite small parts being in Idaho and Montana.
• The Sixth Amendment requires juries to be drawn from both the state and district where a crime was committed.
• The Zone of Death has a population of zero, meaning no jury can be formed to try a crime committed there.
• While committing a serious crime in the zone would theoretically prevent a jury trial, prosecutors could still pursue charges under other legal grounds or conspiracy laws, and Congress could easily fix the issue with a simple statute.