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How could the US Government justify declaring Bum Farto dead when he only would have been in his mid 60's? The whole story reeks of good-old-boys-club dimensio
by metadat 2y ago
How could the US Government justify declaring Bum Farto dead when he only would have been in his mid 60's?
The whole story reeks of good-old-boys-club dimensions from beginning to end. He had no education, and lived a sketchily and inexplicably ostentatious life. Outcome: Drug dealer.
- whall6 2y agoThis has to be AI generated
- metadat 2y ago@whall6: Can you clarify? Not sure I follow. Bum Farto was born in 1919, declared dead in absentia in 1986, making him 67 years old. What judge lets high profile drug dealers go home to await sentencing?
- CobrastanJorji 2y ago[flagged]
- flysand7 2y agoWell it's been 10 years since he went missing. When people go missing for a long time they are declared legally dead, regardless of their age
- metrognome 2y agoAccording to the article, he disappeared in 1976 (48 years ago). Apologies for the pedantry.
- throawayonthe 2y agothey mean at time of being declared legally dead (1986) it's been 10 years since he disappeared (1976)
- bigstrat2003 2y agoI'm pretty sure that the GP understood that, and was just being nitpicky about grammar. It's incorrect grammar to say "it has been 10 years" in this case.
- travisjungroth 2y agoAt the time he was declared legally dead it had been 10 years.
- bityard 2y ago> so that his wife could collect his pension and insurance policies, worth about $5,000 and $2,000 respectively
- swiftcoder 2y agoEven in '86 dollars, that's not a whole lot of inheritance
- odyssey7 2y agoI was wondering if they meant per month?
- HeatrayEnjoyer 2y ago5k a month pension, and in 1986??
- yencabulator 2y agoHe did have to put $25,000 into bail. And probably wasn't the kind of person to put his drug dealing money into a bank.