Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 06:48:08

From: Hector MacQueen

Subject: Illegal contracts and restitution

The Times says the crime was "deception".

Hector

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Quoting Neil Foster:

A minor and possibly irrelevant question: what crime was the "conman" convicted of? Fraud? But then doesn't that mean the law is saying he "ought to have kept his promise" to arrange for the woman's death? Maybe there are some offences relating to encouraging unlawful homicide.

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