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Could a future Trump Attorney General dismiss the federal charges against Trump with prejudice?
The news accounts that I've seen have generally presumed that if Donald Trump wins the 2024 Presidential election and is sworn into office before either of his two federal trials begin, then his ...
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Is there a statute of limitations for a Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN)?
Last November a relative was issued with an FPN for littering in Lambeth, SW London. She claims it was an accident, a tissue fell from her pocket when she took out her phone and she didn't notice. We ...
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Why is there no limitations period on indictable offences?
In England, it seems one can be charged with an indictable or either-way offence 70 years after the fact.
Is it not so that in most places this is not the case?
And what are the stated justifications ...
