Ken Lay'd To Rest

[Frank]

@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.

I’ve been wondering about the effect of his death on the criminal trial as well.

I’ve opened a thread in GQ.

[BrainGlutton]

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

Such dissapointment!

[gabriela]

@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.

Well, there was the autopsy. cnn link

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…

[Czarcasm]

Moving thread from IMHO to MPSIMS.