| Pointless thread for a Tuesday. 09:04 - Oct 29 with 1235 views | MattinLondon |
If a prisoner was sentenced to life imprisonment and whilst in prison had a heart attack and was technically dead before being resuscitated. Does that mean his life sentence has been served? |  | | |  |
| Pointless thread for a Tuesday. on 09:08 - Oct 29 with 1191 views | WeWereZombies |
Ah, I see where you're coming from, if we are nine points adrift at the bottom of the table before the final game of the season but a Premier League enquiry finds that the VAR was faulty when Saturday's penalty decision was taken should we stay up ? |  |
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| Pointless thread for a Tuesday. on 09:10 - Oct 29 with 1186 views | Guthrum |
Probably not, because he remains alive and his death was not formally registered.
There was a case where a man survived three attempts to hang him, the sentence was commuted to life imprisonment and he was eventually released.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Babbacombe_Lee |  |
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| Pointless thread for a Tuesday. on 09:12 - Oct 29 with 1166 views | bsw72 |
No, take a look at Benjamin Schreiber. |  | | |
| Pointless thread for a Tuesday. on 09:37 - Oct 29 with 1088 views | Keno |
I was once asked if someone could claim on a life policy after he had been declared dead but later revived
the answer was technically no, but in practice had he been given a death cert which his wife submitted to the life assured and they had paid out if they then discovered he was alive they probably wouldn't claim the money back to take any further action |  |
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| Pointless thread for a Tuesday. on 11:28 - Oct 29 with 983 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
Will this thread have a point on a Wednesday is the real question. |  |
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| It's not my favourite but I like it better than 'The Chase'. (n/t) on 11:43 - Oct 29 with 939 views | BlueBadger |
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| Pointless thread for a Tuesday. on 14:36 - Oct 29 with 835 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
Only if they agree to be cremated.
Happy to help clear that up.
(As others have pointed out, temporary cessation of vital signs is not the same thing being legally declared dead, nor indeed is it the same thing as medically demonstrable brain stem death.)
Another way of posing the original question would be: if somebody has a heart attack and "dies" before being resuscitated, could their beneficiaries make a claim on their estate?
The answer would be "No" because there is a legal process to be followed for probate, the first stage of which is the issuing of a death certificate.
In England an individual isn't officially dead until two doctors sign to say that they are dead, or a Court Order pronounces them dead, in the case of a Missing Person. [Post edited 29 Oct 2024 14:41]
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