# Ken Lay'd To Rest

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-layd-to-rest/363246>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 5, 2006, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-layd-to-rest/363246 "2006-07-05T20:03:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-layd-to-rest/363246/21 "2006-07-06T03:36:31Z")

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[QUOTE=Northern Piper]  
Since he’s no longer around to defend himself upon his death, the criminal proceedings are abated, and sentence will not be passed.  
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I’ve been wondering about the effect of his death on the criminal trial as well.

I’ve opened a [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=378447) in GQ.

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-layd-to-rest/363246/22 "2006-07-06T04:25:37Z")

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When I first heard the story, I momentarily thought it was about Tom DeLay.

Such dissapointment! ☹

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**Author:** ![gabriela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@gabriela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gabriela)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-layd-to-rest/363246/23 "2006-07-06T10:18:11Z")

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[QUOTE=elelle]  
I’m not thinking that Ken Lay did fake his death, but, it brings up the question; in a case like this, is there a special protocol to assure that a convicted person has died? Not just the usual procedure of coroner, but an extra sign-off on that report by the judicial system. Just curious of how that works.  
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Well, there was the autopsy. [cnn link](http://money.cnn.com/2006/07/05/news/newsmakers/lay_death/index.htm?cnn=yes)

Identification of bodies before autopsy can be performed by several means. In his case, visual ID was probably enough. But I wouldn’t be surprised if, him being a felon and all, they fingerprinted him…

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-layd-to-rest/363246/24 "2006-07-06T13:39:15Z")

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Moving thread from IMHO to MPSIMS.

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