A mere legality

[Jonathan Lighter]

Who says you can't prosecute a dead guy?

JL

On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Tom Zurinskas <truespel at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> Where does it say you can't arrest a dead guy?
> Then give "em life.
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>> Where does it say you can't arrest a dead guy?
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>> >> Maybe=2C but that way he'd have avoided arrest.
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>> > An excellent point!
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