• roguetrick
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      132 years ago

      They’re for any federal court related enforcement. Prisoner transport, apprehending prisoners that escape, and servicing warrants for fugitives. Their historical basis is actually executing federal warrants for fugitives.

      • peopleproblems
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        32 years ago

        If I remember right from the last time I read about them, they are the oldest agency too. They usually have to take risky tasks, and were/are rather serious about their role. Stuff from prisoner transport, to nuclear weapon transport, and protecting students during the integration of African American students in the south.

      • @[email protected]
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        12 years ago

        I know a guy who was on the run for ten years over a drug case (LSD). He finally turned himself in because of how much the Marshals were harassing his sister.