abducted Sidney Jaffe at a residence in Canada and returned him to Florida to face trial. Kear was extradited to Canada in 1983, and convicted of kidnapping. Several bounty hunters have been arrested for killing the fugitive or apprehending the wrong individuals, mistaking innocent people for fugitives. Unlike police officers, they have no legal protections against injuries to non-fugitives and few legal protections against injuries to their targets. In a Texas case, bounty hunters Richard James and his partner DG Pearson were arrested in 2001 for felony charges during an arrest. The charges were levied by the fugitive and his family, but were later dismissed against the hunters after the fugitive's wife shot a deputy sheriff in another arrest attempt of the fugitive by the county sheriff's department. The hunters sued the fugitive and family, winning the civil suit for malicious prosecution with a judgment amount of $1.5 million. Notable bounty hunters See also Citizen's arrest Citizen's arrest in the United States Contract killing False arrest List of fictional assassins and bounty hunters Mercenary Skiptrace United States Marshals Service fugitive programs References External links Inside America's Pro-Profit Bail System - An anti bail system video Vice TV channel (Youtube) Further reading F. E. Devine. Commercial Bail Bonding: A Comparison of Common Law Alternatives, 232 pages, Praeger (August 30, 1991), Legal professions Law enforcement techniques Western (genre) staples and terminology Espionage techniques Hunters by game