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detains, that person for ransom, reward or to commit extortion or to exact from another person any money or valuable thing, or any person who aids or abets any such act, is guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life without possibility of parole in cases in which any person subjected to any such act suffers death or bodily harm, or is intentionally confined in a manner which exposes that person to a substantial likelihood of death, or shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life with the possibility of parole in cases where no such person suffers death or bodily harm.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(b)(1)\u2002Any person who kidnaps or carries away any individual to commit robbery, rape, spousal rape, oral copulation, sodomy, or\u00a0<span class=\"added-material\">any<\/span>\u00a0violation of\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">Section 264.1\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"added-material\">,\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">288\u00a0<\/span>, or<\/span><span class=\"cite\">\u00a0289\u00a0<\/span>, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life with\u00a0<span class=\"added-material\">the<\/span>\u00a0possibility of parole.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(2)\u2002This subdivision shall only apply if the movement of the victim is beyond that merely incidental to the commission of, and increases the risk of harm to the victim over and above that necessarily present in, the intended underlying offense.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(c)\u2002In all cases in which probation is granted, the court shall, except in unusual cases where the interests of justice would best be served by a lesser penalty, require as a condition of the probation that the person be confined in the county jail for 12 months. \u2002If the court grants probation without requiring the defendant to be confined in the county jail for 12 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