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Re:The Murder That Made Skip Hollandsworth a True Crime Writer by martin-t on Sunday October 12, 2025 @12:48AM (#45555319)
My country has a law which says that rape and murder will not be punished if the perpetrator has managed to evade getting caught for 20 years. Recently, a case which involved both offenses passed the 20 years mark.

So I can totally imagine somebody bragging about crimes he has committed 20+ years ago, especially on the internet where reasonable anonymity can be achieved quite easily.

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Re:The Murder That Made Skip Hollandsworth a True Crime Writer by thaumasiotes on Sunday October 12, 2025 @01:46AM (#45555606)
It would still be unwise. They can pass a law prohibiting people from hating you for what you did 20 years ago, but they can't enforce it.
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Re:The Murder That Made Skip Hollandsworth a True Crime Writer by RandomBacon on Sunday October 12, 2025 @10:03AM (#45558303)
If they pass a law to avoid punishment, they can later pass a law to allow punishment.
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