Laws with an expiration date. You stole an apple in fourth grade. Should somebody track you down and have you publicly jailed (smile for the papers mugshot) and fined after forty years?
OK. Let’s say I fatally plug a high-level government official—You can choose the branch, office, and party. I then go hide out in Bangkok for the next seven years. At seven years and one day, I can return to the US and all will be forgiven?