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<blockquote data-quote="Jock Ewing Fan" data-source="post: 329045" data-attributes="member: 40536"><p>From Wikipedia</p><p></p><p>White House press secretary <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brady" target="_blank">James Brady</a>, Secret Service agent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_McCarthy" target="_blank">Tim McCarthy</a>, and DC police officer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Delahanty" target="_blank">Thomas Delahanty</a> were also wounded. All three survived, but Brady had brain damage and was permanently disabled. His death in 2014 was considered a homicide because it was ultimately caused by his injury.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Ronald_Reagan#cite_note-BradyHomicide-2" target="_blank">[2]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Ronald_Reagan#cite_note-8" target="_blank">[6]</a></p><p></p><p>Following James Brady's death on August 4, 2014, the District of Columbia Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide stemming from wounds caused by the Hinckley assassination attempt. This ruling raised the possibility that Hinckley could face additional future murder charges.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Ronald_Reagan#cite_note-95" target="_blank">[93]</a> However, prosecutors declined to do so for two reasons. First, a jury had already declared Hinckley insane at the time of the shooting and the constitutional prohibition against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_jeopardy" target="_blank">double jeopardy</a> would preclude overturning this ruling on account of Brady's death. Second, in 1981 Washington, D.C. still had the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_law" target="_blank">common law</a> "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_and_a_day_rule" target="_blank">year and a day</a>" rule in place. Although the year and a day rule had been abolished in the district prior to 2014, the constitutional prohibition against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_post_facto_law" target="_blank">ex post facto law</a> would preclude the upgrading of charges for deaths resulting today from acts committed while the rule was in effect (and, for that matter, would also prohibit the government from challenging Hinckley's successful insanity defense based on the current federal law).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Ronald_Reagan#cite_note-NotCharge-9" target="_blank">[7]</a></p><p></p><p>Talk about a failure of the System! The release of this criminal is beyond reprehensible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jock Ewing Fan, post: 329045, member: 40536"] From Wikipedia White House press secretary [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brady']James Brady[/URL], Secret Service agent [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_McCarthy']Tim McCarthy[/URL], and DC police officer [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Delahanty']Thomas Delahanty[/URL] were also wounded. All three survived, but Brady had brain damage and was permanently disabled. His death in 2014 was considered a homicide because it was ultimately caused by his injury.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Ronald_Reagan#cite_note-BradyHomicide-2'][2][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Ronald_Reagan#cite_note-8'][6][/URL] Following James Brady's death on August 4, 2014, the District of Columbia Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide stemming from wounds caused by the Hinckley assassination attempt. This ruling raised the possibility that Hinckley could face additional future murder charges.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Ronald_Reagan#cite_note-95'][93][/URL] However, prosecutors declined to do so for two reasons. First, a jury had already declared Hinckley insane at the time of the shooting and the constitutional prohibition against [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_jeopardy']double jeopardy[/URL] would preclude overturning this ruling on account of Brady's death. Second, in 1981 Washington, D.C. still had the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_law']common law[/URL] "[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_and_a_day_rule']year and a day[/URL]" rule in place. Although the year and a day rule had been abolished in the district prior to 2014, the constitutional prohibition against [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_post_facto_law']ex post facto law[/URL] would preclude the upgrading of charges for deaths resulting today from acts committed while the rule was in effect (and, for that matter, would also prohibit the government from challenging Hinckley's successful insanity defense based on the current federal law).[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Ronald_Reagan#cite_note-NotCharge-9'][7][/URL] Talk about a failure of the System! The release of this criminal is beyond reprehensible. [/QUOTE]
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