Interesting Points to Ponder

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It's like this.  When you are engaged in a conspiracy intended to do grave bodily damage, for instance if you fraudulently employed someone when your actual intention was to cause their death or cause grave bodily harm, and undertook this scheme with others you would be guilty of conspiracy.  There is no statute of limitations in this instance.  

Depositions are popular especially where there is a conspiracy those involved will always manage to contradict each other.  Using depositions to produce evidence works best when there are multiple conspirators, according to experts consulted. 

Emails and records for phone communication can, and are, subpenaed.  A party to a conspiracy need not know the full extent of the plot. Emails never really go away.   

A conspirator can reduce, or even eliminate the penalty if they inform on their fellow conspirators.  

he term "subpoena" literally means "under penalty". A person who receives a subpoena but does not comply with its terms may be subject to civil or criminal penalties, such as fines, jail time, or both.
There are two types of subpoenas. The first, called subpoena ad testificandum (pronounced "ad test- te-fi-kan-dum"), requires you to testify before a court, or other legal authority. The second, called subpoena duces tecum (pronounced "doo-seez tee-kum"), requires you to produce documents, materials, or other tangible evidence. A subpoena may be requested in any kind of matter, but the most common requests are from divorce, child custody, personal injury, and sex offender cases.
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he term "subpoena" literally means "under penalty". A person who receives a subpoena but does not comply with its terms may be subject to civil or criminal penalties, such as fines, jail time, or both.
There are two types of subpoenas. The first, called subpoena ad testificandum (pronounced "ad test- te-fi-kan-dum"), requires you to testify before a court, or other legal authority. The second, called subpoena duces tecum (pronounced "doo-seez tee-kum"), requires you to produce documents, materials, or other tangible evidence. A subpoena may be requested in any kind of matter, but the most common requests are from divorce, child custody, personal injury, and sex offender cases.
- See more at: http://litigation.findlaw.com/going-to-court/what-is-a-subpoena.html#sthash.a8MQQHcM.dpuf

he term "subpoena" literally means "under penalty". A person who receives a subpoena but does not comply with its terms may be subject to civil or criminal penalties, such as fines, jail time, or both.
There are two types of subpoenas. The first, called subpoena ad testificandum (pronounced "ad test- te-fi-kan-dum"), requires you to testify before a court, or other legal authority. The second, called subpoena duces tecum (pronounced "doo-seez tee-kum"), requires you to produce documents, materials, or other tangible evidence. A subpoena may be requested in any kind of matter, but the most common requests are from divorce, child custody, personal injury, and sex offender cases.
- See more at: http://litigation.findlaw.com/going-to-court/what-is-a-subpoena.html#sthash.a8MQQHcM.dpuf

Conspiracy

An agreement between two or more people to commit an illegal act, along with an intent to achieve the agreement's goal.  Most U.S. jurisdictions also require an overt act toward furthering the agreement.  An overt act is a statutory requirement, not a constitutional one. See Whitfield v. United States, 453 U.S. 209 (2005). The illegal act is the conspiracy's "target offense."

Conspiracy generally carries no penalty on its own. Instead, punishment derives from the illegal acts carried out by the conspiracy. Where one or more members of the conspiracy committed illegal acts to further the conspiracy's goals, all members of the conspiracy may be held accountable for those acts. Where no one has actually committed a criminal act, the punishment varies. Some conspiracy statutes assign the same punishment for conspiracy as for the target offense. Others impose lesser penalties.

Conspiracy applies to both civil and criminal offenses. For example, you may conspire to commit murder, or conspire to commit fraud.

Inchoate Offenses -

1. Inchoate offense

    The basic inchoate offenses are attempt, solicitation, and conspiracy.   The crime allegedly intended ... is called the target offense.  Except for conspiracy, inchoate offenses merge into the target crime. ...

2. Solicitation

     Solicitation is the inchoate offense of offering money to someone with the specific intent of ...

3. Attempt

   attempt, i.e. in the case of an uncompleted or inchoate offense. While the requirements for proving attempt ...

4. Conspiracy

   conspire to commit fraud.

Fraud - 

Fraud is deliberately deceiving someone else with the intent of causing damage. This damage need not be physical damage, in fact, it is often financial. There are many different types of fraud, for example bankruptcy fraud, credit card fraud, and healthcare fraud. The precise legal definition of fraud varies by jurisdiction and by the specific fraud offense.