18 October 2006

You Too Can Win a Federal Trial

All you have to do is die before the appellate process is finished.

Ken Lay died so his convictions are done away with.
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1 comment:

  1. Mister DAOctober 18, 2006

    Ken, this is pretty much the common law rule - die while on direct appeal, get a posthumous acquittal. I've had it happen twice on cases I've worked on.

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