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To: mainepatsfan
I never understood how VA could charge him for treason, even way back in 6th grade or what ever year it was.

Then I saw his cabin and grave in the Lake Placid, NY area (a few years before the '80 Olympics) and was really confused about the treason thing.

17 posted on 10/16/2010 6:11:55 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Calvin Locke
I never understood how VA could charge him for treason, even way back in 6th grade or what ever year it was.

That's always puzzled me, too. How do you commit treason against a state you weren't born in and had never lived in? As if the murder charges weren't enough to send him to the gallows, they had to toss in bogus 'treason against the Commonwealth' charges. That would be like charging every German, Japanese, and Italian POW during WW2 with treason and executing them.

19 posted on 10/16/2010 6:17:52 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur (Hey mo-joe! Here's another one for your collection.)
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