aggravated kidnapping in the US often gets 20 years in jail. median sentence for murder is 13 years. I can imagine you might think the sentence would be light

aggravated kidnapping in the US often gets 20 years in jail. median sentence for murder is 13 years. I can imagine you might think the sentence would be lighter but there's nothing preventing heavy sentencing for kidnapping. edit: holding a human captive even if you aren't the original captor is still kidnapping so that detail doesn't really change anything