According to my paralegal mother, they can't press charges against Hinkley because Brady didn't die within a year and a day of being shot. However, I've heard of a case where a man died of complications from a gunshot wound 20+ years later and they were considering pressing charges against his shooter, but the shooter had already died.
Yeah, I don't know if they can do anything since Hinkley was found to be insane at the time of the shooting. Declaring it a homicide might be a hollow victory in the end.
If the medical examiner thinks the shooting was causal in him dying at the time he did, they have no choice but to label it homicide. That's just a statement of fact. I doubt anyone will do anything further with it than debate it. I can't see them able to charge because of the insanity verdict, it'd be double jeopardy at this point. The Brady injuries were decided the first time Hinckley was tried. I don't know and I don't think it matters if the law in place allows for the amount of time between the shooting and the death of Brady. I think the issue is more double jeopardy than statute of limitations.
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