35 Years

A man was shot in the back 35 years ago and just recently had complications with the wound causing multiple organs to fail, and he died. The legal system is calling his death a homicide after all this time. His wife said that he hasn't really experienced any complications health related up to this point in time, so she was very surprised when it was ruled a homicide. He was seventeen at the time. He had been gambling with some of his peers while on a trip to pick up his girlfriend. He won money and refused to return, and was then shot in the back. His future wife only heard pieces of the story, saying that he had put it behind him. And apparently he ran into the guy later in life and told him to forget about it. The prosecutors are having a hard time turning up any credible evidence.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28537290/

I think this is a little ridiculous and extremely far fetched. The odds of them turning up a legit man as the shooter is very unlikely after all this time. Maybe they should get the crew from Cold Case on the scene. Otherwise, let it go. His wife said that he had forgiven the man, which takes a lot of heart to do after being shot. I think they should just let it go because the man that shot is probably like 60 now and totally regrets this incident. I also doubt that his organ problems were solely because of his wound, it seems like this would have happened earlier in his life when the wound was more recent. A blog by Holea B. has an 11 year old boy shooting an 18 year old man. http://holeab.blogspot.com/. I think these two stories are similar, both happened a long time ago and both criminals probably just want to be left alone because they regret what they've done, but the media can't let stories like these go.