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What are the legal ramifications of a legally dead person turning up alive?

Context: I am writing an urban fantasy story in which a man dies, is declared dead, and comes back to life via supernatural means on the autopsy table. The existence of the supernatural is not common knowledge in the universe of the story, and his…
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GDPR rights when subject dies; does family inherit subject rights?

Under the GDPR, anyone can make a subject access request or ask for their personal data to be erased (within limits etc.). What if the subject is deceased? Does the widow/widower or do the children inherit this right, accessing the personal data…
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Does speeding turn an accident into manslaughter?

Assume a person is driving down a posted 40mph road, but doing considerably over the speed limit, say 60-70mph. A person on the pavement trips and falls in front of the speeding car, is hit, and dies. Although there is potentially the argument that…
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What rights does a dead body have? Can crimes be committed against one?

Say Nate the nutcase happens to find a dead body on the road. Being a nutcase, he takes the dead body, and does a bunch of "weird stuff" stuff to it (e.g. satanic rituals, maybe necrophilia, maybe ate one of the fingers, maybe some taxidermy, maybe…
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What will happen if a legally dead but actually living person commits a crime after they are declared legally dead?

What will happen if a legally dead but actually living person commits a crime after they are declared legally dead? I wonder whether they will have a normal or posthumous trial. Or will they be tried only after their death status got overturned…
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Execution via pardon

Let’s say in this hypothetical scenario the president of the United States tweets something like “don’t be surprised if I pardon anyone that puts to death repeat heroin and fentanyl dealers dealing in amounts larger than 50 pounds” And then one…
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How widely is "where failure could result in death, injury, or damage" interpreted?

Crowdstrike, whose Falcon Platform is responsible for significant disruption, has in their Terms and conditions: The offerings and CrowdStrike tools are not fault-tolerant and are not designed or intended for use in any hazardous environment…
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Can a deceased person commit a strict liability offence?

Suppose a person parks their car somewhere where there is a limit on the duration of free parking, say three hours maximum. The person then perishes, for whatever reason, before the three hour threshold, so the car remains parked beyond the limit,…
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How can one be compensated for loss caused negligently by someone who dies in the process?

Consider the circumstance where an at-fault driver negligently collides with an innocent driver, but the at-fault driver dies. Perhaps there is even evidence that the at-fault driver committed a crime in the process. How can the victim be…
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Could cryonics "resurrections" be enforced?

Cryonics is the practice of freezing a newly-dead body, for a fee, in hopes that death can be reversed and the terminal disease cured in the future. Whatever the medical improbability, let's imagine that part eventually does work. Now to the legal…
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Can bones be willed to a family member after death?

Suppose I wish to leave some or all of my bones to a loved one after my demise (properly cleaned and bleached), or have a loved one leave me bones, is that something I am able to legally do (assuming I or my loved ones are interested in receiving…
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Are causes of death public information?

CNN and MSNBC legal analyst Midwin Charles was something of a celebrity, but her cause of death (a month after her first vaccine dose) remains undisclosed, which led to some speculation online. I thought causes of death were supposed to be public in…
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Self defense during execution

Let's say someone has been sentenced to death and is about to be killed by lethal injection. While they are being brought into the execution room, they manage to escape the grip of the prison guards and try to escape. A short fight ensues during…
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Can an international person hide details of their death from family?

If a foreign national living in the United States has never disclosed their terminal illness to anyone, including their family, and passes away while still in the U.S., can they request that the cause of death only be disclosed to officials handling…
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Who has responsibility for tax records after the death of a tax preparation professional?

My girlfriend's grandmother recently passed away. She ran a tax preparation and accounting business out of her home. She was in possession of decades worth of tax forms (returns, etc.) and similar documents that belonged to clients over the years,…
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