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  1. 10-Oct-2013 #1
    Publius
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    A legal zombie?

    http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/09/us/ohi...tml?hpt=hp_bn1

    This guy went missing several years ago, so his family had him declared dead. Now he has shown up again and went to court to get the death ruling reversed, so that he can get a job, reinstate his driver's license, etc. But the judge ruled that state law prohibits changes to death rulings after three years, so he waited too long to challenge the ruling. Therefore, he is still legally dead, and has been since 1994, though he is up and walking around just like all of us living people.
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  2. 10-Oct-2013 #2
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    If he's legally dead (and presumably no longer subject to the rule of law), he should pull off a multimillion dollar heist. The courts have decided that he no longer exists so technically no crime would have been committed! That would be a very interesting court case...
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    And what if someone now killed him? What could they be charged with?
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  4. 11-Oct-2013 #4
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    Technically, dead people cannot be tried as they cannot enter a plea.

    However people have been tried and convicted in absentia, so I'm sure that there's a loophole available to exploit.
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  5. 11-Oct-2013 #5
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    No matter what ,he is still alive.
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    Stupid judges!
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