A Vermont judge scrapped an ancient legal ruling that a person can't be charged with homicide if the victim dies more than a year and a day after the attack.
The result is that a murder charge will stand against a man charged with a 1971 shooting that caused the death of another more than two years later.
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The year and a day rule has been dying aout all over. The reason given is usually that modern medicine is so good that things which would have killed someone within the time limit don't always kill so fast.
"The year and a day rule has been dying out all over."
As are criminal statutes of limitations, especially where DNA evidence is available.
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