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Reminds me of the oddly timed death of Ken Lay of Enron. Without a negative medical history he dies just after being convicted, but before being sentenced. Un
by eplanit 11y ago
Reminds me of the oddly timed death of Ken Lay of Enron. Without a negative medical history he dies just after being convicted, but before being sentenced. Under the law, his assets would not be in jeopardy and could be passed on to his wife/family[1].
[1] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2006/07/05/DI2006070500553.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2006...
- awl130 11y agoyour implication is that it wasn't oddly timed at all, but perfectly timed.
- bcook 11y agoYou are assuming perspective (his family), and that death was decided. If it was a random death, then yeah... it is odd.
- ars 11y ago> Under the law, his assets would not be in jeopardy and could be passed on to his wife/family That reminds me of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peine_forte_et_dure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peine_forte_et_dure Where a person could not be convicted unless they placed themself under the authority of the court (by pleading either guilty or not guilty). By saying nothing the court could not penalize them (their family) financially, but could torture them even to death (which people preferred in order to help their family) in order to try to compel a plea. PS. Writing that last sentence really brought home how reversed morals today are from then. There really is no such thing as absolute morality.
- qubex 11y agoThe origin of the idiom “being hard pressed [to provide an answer]”.
- zzz157 11y agoI thought we all knew he was killed. It bothers me how people don't actually think this happens.