On 3/7/07, Stan Shebs stanshebs@earthlink.net wrote:
Clarifying what happened is a task for historians, not judges. When the accused dies in mid-trial, the trial is dismissed.
If a responsible person or group wanted to develop a policy proposal to
cover future situations, it would be appropriate to include a careful and detailed review of this case as part of their background material. To abuse the judicial analogy, this would be a law professor kind of activity.
Well I can sort of make up the appropriate credentials. ;) A real issue though is this characterisation of "abuse" by Essjay has been repeated ad nauseam in the media - including WP's own "Essjay controversy" article. By opening up an Arbcom case, people can assist in gathering any evidence of wrongdoing, beyond the citations given.
-Stevertigo