Perhaps He's One of the Undead...

[Illiterati]

...because that's the only way you could possibly explain this one.

http://www.wdrb.com/story/16462022/lmpd-files-charges-against-dead-man?hpt=ju_bn4

 

[Graybrew1]

...because that's the only way you could possibly explain this one.

http://www.wdrb.com/story/16462022/lmpd-files-charges-against-dead-man?hpt=ju_bn4

My guess is that it might have something to due with the ability to sue his last of kin's family and/or the ability to obtain access to victim compensation benefits.

 

[Illiterati]

No, that would be a civil suit, rather than a criminal case.

So this still makes no sense.

 

[Graybrew1]

No, that would be a civil suit, rather than a criminal case.

So this still makes no sense.

Usually before you do a civil suit you have the criminal case. It makes the civil case much easier to win. All you need is "A Preponderence of the Evidence" for civil. So if you have a guilty verdict on the criminal case which is "Beyond a Resonable Doubt" that you will most likey win. Each State is different but that is how my state is.

 

[Illiterati]

Ya, but you cannot try and convict a dead guy. Not even if he is a zombie. I don't care what Roger Corman may say about it.

 

[Graybrew1]

The law does not always make sense I agree. I believe that more than likely there is money behind the desire to create stupid things like trying somebody for a crime posthumously. The man has no ability to fairly defend himself because he cannot testify. Stupid Indeed. I still don't doubt that they will do it.

 

[Stonelesscutter]

I half expected this story to take place in Greece.

 

[Bluce Ree]

YAY! Hard earned tax dollars in the trash! Maybe they can slip a giant doobie into his hand at the morgue and charge him with possession and intent to distribute, too.

 

[Stonelesscutter]

YAY! Hard earned tax dollars in the trash! Maybe they can slip a giant doobie into his hand at the morgue and charge him with possession and intent to distribute, too.

Might as well charge him with the Kennedy assassination while they're at it.

 

[Bluce Ree]

Might as well charge him with the Kennedy assassination while they're at it.

Great. A universal scapegoat.

 

[Stonelesscutter]

Great. A universal scapegoat.

Yes they come in handy.
Apparently he was also responsible for Clinton dirtying Lewinsky's dress.

 

[Bluce Ree]

Yes they come in handy.
Apparently he was also responsible for Clinton dirtying Lewinsky's dress.

Let's not forget starting the great Chicago fire.

Better move fast on filing all these charges, though, because once his corpse rots beyond recognition he's no longer a viable scapegoat.

 

[Stonelesscutter]

Let's not forget starting the great Chicago fire.

Better move fast on filing all these charges, though, because once his corpse rots beyond recognition he's no longer a viable scapegoat.

So we can't sue him for his bones?