[Puppage]

Isn't rape a capital offense? There's no sol on those

Then, you may want to tell Chuckie Schumer, who's trying to change the law, that he's on a wild goose chase. If the offense occured before the law deemed there was no SOL (this rape was the early 70's) then it wouldn't apply.

That's why Charles Manson wasn't put on death row...his crimes happened before the death penalty became law in California.

[spielyi]

<> Actually Manson was given the death penalty, if I remember right he was the first person to receive it even though he had not committed the actual killings. California then decided to do away with the death penalty and all death row inmates had their sentences commuted to life. When the death penalty was reinstated it was decided that to put these inmates back on death row would be cruel so left them with their life sentences.