Mississippi Burning

When it comes to serious crimes, is it right for the justice system to pursue criminal charges several decades after the crime is said to have occurred?

I believe that even though the criminal might only be recognised a few decades later, it does not mean that justice cannot be done for all these victims. Even though the victims of this crime has already been killed, this still reduces the presence of one cold-blooded murderer in the US. By allowing them to get away scot-free after so many years of evading the government, it would just signify that you can get away with crimes by hiding for many years, thus encouraging them to continue commiting the crime, therefore i beieve that it is right for the justice system to pursue criminal charges several decades after the crime was commited.

What do you think: was the state’s image “rehabilitated”?

I do not really believe that the Mississippi's state's image was rehabilitated. Even convicting the murderer of this criminal would not make much of a difference ever since the racial barriers were torn down and that the arresting would not make a significant improvement to the state's image. Furthermore, This just reminds people of Mississippi's past of being a state full of racism and therefore would not rehabilitate its image but cause it to worsen.