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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Virginia hasn't abolished the year-and-a-day rule, so as of now, they cannot be charged with homicide in connection with his death. If the Virginia legislature were to change the rule by statute and explicitly make it retroactive, it's possible they could be. Even then, though, whether the charges could be proven might depend on what most immediately caused his death. Sometimes the connection between the injury and the cause of death can be very clear cut, such as if the injury left shrapnel in someone's body that couldn't be removed, and that shrapnel eventually moved in a way that directly caused the person's death; no one dies from a shrapnel injury unless someone put the shrapnel in their body to begin with. But if Diviney succumbed to something like pneumonia, though, it would be harder to prove because people who don't have anything resembling Diviney's injuries die of pneumonia every day.[/quote] Happened in WV[/quote]
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