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To: RitaOK

federal conspiracy statutes begin to run from the last overt act of the conspiracy...

https://www.justice.gov/usam/criminal-resource-manual-652-statute-limitations-conspiracy

652. Statute of Limitations for Conspiracy
Conspiracy is a continuing offense. For statutes such as 18 U.S.C. § 371, which require an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy, the statute of limitations begins to run on the date of the last overt act. See Fiswick v. United States, 329 U.S. 211 (1946); United States v. Butler, 792 F.2d 1528 (11th Cir. 1986). For conspiracy statutes which do not require proof of an overt act, such as RICO (18 U.S.C. § 1961) or 21 U.S.C. § 846, the government must allege and prove that the conspiracy continued into the limitations period. The crucial question in this regard is the scope of the conspiratorial agreement, and the conspiracy is deemed to continue until its purpose has been achieved or abandoned. See United States v. Northern Imp. Co., 814 F.2d 540 (8th Cir. 1987); United States v. Coia, 719 F.2d 1120 (11th Cir. 1983), cert. denied, 466 U.S. 973 (1984).

An individual’s “withdrawal” from a conspiracy starts the statute of limitations running as to that individual. “Withdrawal” from a conspiracy for this purpose means that the conspirator must take affirmative action by making a clean breast to the authorities or communicating his or her disassociation to the other conspirators. See United States v. Gonzalez, 797 F.2d 915 (10th Cir. 1986).


2,503 posted on 05/15/2018 12:03:53 PM PDT by rolling_stone
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To: rolling_stone

I didn’t see how long the statute of limitations is in years for conspiracy.


2,511 posted on 05/15/2018 12:09:19 PM PDT by JockoManning (http://www.zazzle.com/brain_truth for hats T's e.g. STAY CALM & DO THE NEXT LOVING THING)
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To: rolling_stone

That word CONSPIRACY opens a large door.

POTUS has tremendous power to shut down conspiracies.

Military included in the solution.


2,521 posted on 05/15/2018 12:16:16 PM PDT by smoky415
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To: rolling_stone; RitaOK

A Statute of Limitations is ‘tolled’, legally meaning suspended, if there is an indictment including a sealed indictment.

If there is an indictment, the SOLs are tolled, the clock stops or is suspended. When the indictment leads to a trial, SOLs are made moot by a conviction or acquittal.

There are thousands, tens of thousands of sealed indictments, an unprecedented number historically. Nothing like it has been seen before.


2,523 posted on 05/15/2018 12:18:09 PM PDT by Hostage (Article V)
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