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jwirr

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35. I do not understand what the OP means but I remember a song abour the soldiers who died of

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Fri Aug 8, 2014, 09:03 PM

Aug 2014

Agent Orange that talked about them being killed when they were infected in Vietnam. Yet they lived for some time after the war. It was a folk song and a war protest.

Possibly the person who is using the term regarding the death of James Brady means that he was wounded and died of those wounds many years later. Like the song.

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Breaking: James Brady's death ruled a homicide 33 years after shooting [View all] NightWatcher Aug 2014 OP

Wow. Sheldon Cooper Aug 2014 #1

That's how it is. My vet friend just died, at 67 from homicide. bullet paralyzed him in VietNam. TheNutcracker Aug 2014 #27

Is there a certain number of years that can pass to where someone cannot be charged with a crime? Rex Aug 2014 #2

There is no statute of limitation on murder N/T. Revanchist Aug 2014 #4

Thank you. nt. Rex Aug 2014 #7

Well it's seven years in FLA..i thought that was a federal law. Seven years. TheNutcracker Aug 2014 #28

Do you have a link for that? Revanchist Aug 2014 #29

There's no statute of limitations on murder NightWatcher Aug 2014 #5

Same here, 33 years is a long time. Rex Aug 2014 #10

i don't think you need to be there for them to indict you. unblock Aug 2014 #18

Hiding was a bad example. Lets say it wasn't solved for a number of years instead NightWatcher Aug 2014 #20

that would work. if there's a statute of limitations. unblock Aug 2014 #24

i don't think that would apply if the crime took 33 years to play out. unblock Aug 2014 #14

Not on murder. nt msanthrope Aug 2014 #31

i would probably support this, brady's entire life was changed forever JI7 Aug 2014 #3

my Mom was Brady's Nanny many years ago! bettyellen Aug 2014 #6

did she ever get in contact with him again ? JI7 Aug 2014 #19

Oh gosh no, that was not "her place", and Mom would never dare. She was a poor immigrant, and a bettyellen Aug 2014 #30

No question that severe brain injuries shorten life span. nt BootinUp Aug 2014 #8

It is what it is. n/t eShirl Aug 2014 #9

I don't see how there can be any criminal culpability. Loudly Aug 2014 #11

I doubt he was tried for 1st degree murder on Brady though... JCMach1 Aug 2014 #13

Yep. eom MohRokTah Aug 2014 #16

That's true, because Brady didn't die. Loudly Aug 2014 #25

He wasn't tried for the murder. nt msanthrope Aug 2014 #32

precisely JCMach1 Aug 2014 #38

I wonder if insurance pays differently. aikoaiko Aug 2014 #12

I wouldn't think after the incident he could get a full life insurance policy. tammywammy Aug 2014 #17

He might have been well insured before the shooting and kept up with it. aikoaiko Aug 2014 #23

Too bad, the Brady family was not able to sue the gun manufacturer. nt madinmaryland Aug 2014 #37

That means Hinckley can be prosecuted for his death. eom MohRokTah Aug 2014 #15

presumably it would result in the same insanity outcome. unblock Aug 2014 #21

Maybe not, but it would be a long shot. MohRokTah Aug 2014 #22

I assume it would be a state prosecutor making the decision. Loudly Aug 2014 #26

No--it would be a federal prosecutor, since the underlying act took place while he msanthrope Aug 2014 #33

They could prosecute him if they wanted to. Manifestor_of_Light Aug 2014 #34

I do not understand what the OP means but I remember a song abour the soldiers who died of jwirr Aug 2014 #35

michael skakel was charged in 2002 for a 1975 Saphire Aug 2014 #36