When a crime is committed, a clock begins to tick. If you're not charged before time runs out, you can never be prosecuted. But why?



Topics Covered: Ted Conrad, Demosthenes, Statute of Limitations, Phormion, Bill Cosby, Andrea Constand, John Demjanjuk, Amnesty, Thirty Tyrants, Critias, Emmanuel Levinas, Hannah Arendt, Charles Griswold, Amy Mihaljevic



Further Reading:

https://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1107&context=facpubs

https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2008/01/theodore_john_conrad_the_fbi_h.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlT5Ez_Hfao

https://people.com/crime/who-is-andrea-constand-bill-cosby-accuser/

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/forgiveness/

https://www.cleveland.com/crime/2019/10/east-cleveland-event-gives-job-seeking-residents-convicted-of-non-violent-crimes-chance-to-apply-for-amnesty-or-expungement.html


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