On Sun, 10 Aug 1997, Robert G Goodby wrote:
>
> 1. If my grandfather committed a crime (e.g. murder) and was never brought
> to justice, should I be put on trial as a consequence? Hopefully, most
> people are saying "of course not".....even though the consequences of that
> murder have shaped the lives of some in the present (e.g. the victims
> orphaned children).
But remember that the title to stolen property doesn't get cleared by the
passage of time. The anglo-style judicial system does not recognize my
rights to stolen property - regardless of what I paid for me, and
regaredless of whether I knew it was stolen or not.
Statute-of-limitations ideas are what prevents you from being tried
for the murders committed by ancestors, but they don't apply to grant
title to stolen property.