[bcsco]

"He died without a chance to appeal. That is the fly in the ointment."

This is ridiculous! Lay was tried and convicted. If he has an appeal in process the appeal is terminated. Period. As for Skilling, if he has an appeal it should not be affected unless the appeals court overturns the verdict and a retrial is ordered. The appeals court only looks at the trial as far as how it was handled, etc. It does NOT retry anything.

The Globe & Mail, I believe, is a UK paper. What the heck do they know?

[NorCalRepub]

...well in this case...they are right.....I"ve heard it on all shows.....conservatives and libs alike....Lay gets a free pass to hell....no conviction.....too bad, but that is the way it always has been.....but I still hope they go after everything he owns if at all possible......

[Renegade]

Evidently there was a similar case in 1971 that went to the Supreme Court and they found in favor of the deceased .

[NCLaw441]

Although I practice law, I don't do any criminal defense work. Nevertheless, it makes sense to me that the criminal case goes away when the defendant dies. What can be done to the guy now? What is the purpose of a criminal prosecution? I thought it was to determine guilt and then administer an appropriate punishment so as to deter future criminal actions. I think Lay can be considered deterred. And you can't punish him, so what is the point? His estate can still be sued. THAT I do know something about.