YoungWillz

Nick Hitchon death notice: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/madison/name/william-hitchon-obituary?id=52635920 Edit: https://www.ryanfuneralservice.com/obituaries/professor-william-nicholas-guy-hitchon/ Seven Up participant. RIP. Searched and found nothing here notifying of the death. Died 23 July.

William Friedkin's death noted here: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/aug/07/william-friedkin-dies-age-87-director-the-exorcist Obvs Bertolucci dead for some time.

William Friedkin QO: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/aug/07/william-friedkin-dies-age-87-director-the-exorcist

Italian politician and philosoper Mario Tronti, reportedly dead aged 92: https://www-repubblica-it.translate.goog/politica/2023/08/07/news/mario_tronti_morto_politico_92_anni-410335343/?_x_tr_sl=it&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

Death notice for John Gough, who competed for GB at the 1976 Olympics in shooting (50m running target): https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/marketplace/advert/gough-notices_52813 Also a bronze medallist at the 1982 Commonwealth Games.

Roy Swetman QO: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/roy-swetman-obituary-7nm5stpgr One down.

Again, what's with the self-pardoning thing? In most jurisdictions of a "respectable" nature you cannot be judge and jury in your own case (nemo iudex in causa sua). Is this really the case in the USA? I thought that was up for dispute.

Thing is, it wasn't always like it is today. I mean, sure there were political disagreements but when it came down to the very basics of democracy, both Republicans and Democrats knew where to draw the line. Especially with Nixon. Now it is nuts. It is positively medieval, one side seeking the favour of the "king" and the other desperately trying to usurp him. They may all try and cloak it in democracy but let's face it on many occasions the public are electing populist people whose only intention is to become famous/infamous. I'm sure there are many good folk in Congress, but beating the crap out of each other for party purposes gets the USA nowhere. I'm saying the USA will have to deal with the politics in its establishment at some point. Maybe not in our lifetimes. It took long enough for the UK to divide out the patronage of politicians in appointing judges, it may take a long time, but there are things which don't work for the people which eventually may need to change. You don't need a war for that, you need leaders with vision and determination and they do pop up from time to time. I still do not understand a system that actively countenances giving the nuclear codes to a possible prison inmate.

Technically I'd say yes, because we don't even have an approximate date of death for him, a requirement of the DDP. At the moment we have the West saying he was dead in April-ish, and IS saying he was killed in clashes with no date. Why do folk insist on picking these people?

So, who we waiting on for obits? I make that Roy Swetman, Martin Walser and Jango Edwards. Edit: Oops and Carl-Erik Eriksson.

He got a full Times Obit some days ago: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/warren-ford-obituary-0v792vh7s Paywalled obviously. I was hoping someone would post this, I didn't have the energy.

It has been a while since I was in practice, but as I recall, there are various jurisdiction rules, the main one being the place of commission of the crime. There are subsidiary rules which can allow crimes to be prosecuted elsewhere - for example a dispute of property might be tried where the property is located. If the enterprise crosses borders, it can be tried in either jurisdiction - yes, folks, Scotland has different system of law from England. (Do not get me started on the attempts by politicians to homogenise the rules in Scotland by ridding of double jeopardy, the not proven verdict, etc - I could scream at the shite systems of other jurisdictions being imposed on us!). Generally there will be a look at where the greatest of the crimes were committed and an agreement as to jurisdiction in that event. I hope that helps. Surely in the US there must be something similar in cross-state felonies/crimes that are not Federal offenses (sic)?

I wouldn't go that far tbh. Banana republics also lock up their political opponents. Which is what a lot of Republicans are claiming is occurring here. Look, I'm no fan of Agent Orange and another 4 years of him should scare to death everyone in the free world. But he is entitled to due process. I believe there is absolutely no doubt that he would be convicted in many many courts in the USA, simply because he is incapable of taking the stand in his own defence - something which a political prisoner would be more than content to do to get his message to those who could protest his incarceration. And he would have to take the stand to rebut the charges against him. What he has done is expose the horrendous gaps in the Republic - Executive privilege, the inability to prosecute except through a political process, the political appointment of judges, etc etc. As a still relatively young country, the USA is still to find its feet on its internal processes and demons. He can rightly claim the process is biased against him simply because of all the politics everywhere - and the mistrust of politicians in general. The whole system needs to look at this aberration - for that is what it is - in its history and take steps to ensure this never happens again, removing the politics from a whole swathe of its establishment infrastructure. On a further point, when you are the one complaining the system, the judges, the jury, the election process and everything else is against you, maybe you are the one in the wrong. Defendants in the Jan 6th prosecutions soon found that out and their main line of defence is they were duped. By this guy. They didn't get to fly in on their own plane, play golf 90% of the time, have state secrets in their home or rally hundreds of folk to their aid.

Buffy Sainte-Marie announces retirement from live performance: https://bestclassicbands.com/buffy-sainte-marie-retires-academy-award-up-where-we-belong-8-3-23/

John Gosling gets his mainstream obit: https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-kinks-deeply-saddened-band-30635510

Peter Dixon death notice in case someone would like to tidy up his Wiki @Ulitzer95: https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/marketplace/advert/dixon-notices_52817

Carl-Erik Eriksson also a current DDP pick.

You know, I thought there would be few issues with such a simple game! One more thing. Bloody Suzie Dent!

In the Oxford Dictionary as per the rules? Well, I am dumbfounded.

Dumbfounded is 11 letters, not 10. Seems to be an issue as one of the letters is missing from the list. What say you?

Team is fine, Tebbit with one t at the end though. Cheers!

John Broome, who developed Alton Towers into a theme park, reportedly dead: https://imperialcorporatecapital.com/2023/08/04/john-l-broome/ He had also tried and spectacularly failed to develop a theme park at Battersea Power Station, and probably the costs of that project ultimately forced him to sell his interest in Alton Towers.

Sentenced to additional 19 years in the pokey. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alexey-navalny-russia-putin-critic-extremism-verdict-prison-sentence/

Joe Pasquale reveals near death experience with some moose antlers: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12372807/Joe-Pasquale-hospital-narrowly-avoids-death-STABBING-freak-accident-nearly-killed-died.html

Sir Michael Boyd, former Glasgow Tron Theatre and RSC artistic director, reportedly dead from cancer: https://www.rsc.org.uk/news/announcing-the-death-of-michael-boyd/