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minus-square@CraigeryTheKid@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish14•13 days agoso… jail time? or at least a case? or is that so long ago that statute of limitations is involved?
minus-squareFuglyDucklinkfedilinkEnglish4•13 days agoI looked it up, 20 years past 18th birthday… unless, for example, it was continuous. Then there are none.
minus-square@Burn_The_Right@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink13•13 days agoIt was continuous. It lasted for five years. So, by TX CCP, there is no time limit to indict him. But, he’s a conservative leader in a red state. He’s never going to be charged.
so… jail time? or at least a case? or is that so long ago that statute of limitations is involved?
I looked it up, 20 years past 18th birthday… unless, for example, it was continuous. Then there are none.
It was continuous. It lasted for five years. So, by TX CCP, there is no time limit to indict him. But, he’s a conservative leader in a red state. He’s never going to be charged.