13th
August
2006
Ken Lay Died an Innocent Man, Believe It or Not
posted in Money |Yes, Kenneth Lay, that most notorious of corporate wrongdoers, died an innocent man in the eyes of the law.
When a defendant dies, "the general rule is that if the conviction hasn't gotten past the first appeal, it is supposed to be abated, dismissed, conviction erased,'' says Stanford University law professor Robert Weisberg.
