Re: Is it legal to offer a reward for proof of death on someone?

"arlo payne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Is it legal to offer a reward for proof that someone is dead even if to
> the best of your knowledge that person is presently alive?
>
> As an example a group of 1000 people that was owed money by someone and
> did not know the persons where abouts.  Each person put in, OH lets say
> $100 each payable to anyone that could proof the person in question was
> dead.
> Would this be legal?
>


Unfortunately I never got this far in my legal education, but it sounds like
the charge would be conspiracy to commit murder. Basically it would center
on the group's intent in offering the reward.

Also if the group honestly did not intend to cause the guy's death, but
nonetheless did, they could be charged with criminally negligent homicide or
manslaughter.

IMHO.