Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Folly [now OT]
From: Bryan Caldwell <bcaldwell51@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2002 21:38:59 -0800

On 3/9/02 4:32 PM, "Javier Perez" <summarex@yahoo.com> wrote:

> As with most things in American law it's a discretionary matter.
> That's to say, your fate rests on the whim of a judge or prosecutor.
> Javier

Actually Javier, judges have no say in what cases are prosecuted (although
they may be called upon to rule in a motion to dismiss). That's the decision
of a district attorney. And for most crimes there are statutory time limits
within which a prosecution must be brought. However, there are no statutes
of limitation on murder prosecutions (in every jurisdiction as far as I
know). I spent most of last year working on the defense team in a capital
case in which the murders alleged went back fourteen years. We've been
seeing quite a few such prosecutions - often based on modern DNA testing
that was not available at the time of the crime.

Bryan

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