The court asked high court if a civil rights crime can be prosecuted decades later . The justices Monday dismissed an appeal involving James Ford Seale , convicted in the 1964 kidnapping of two teenagers whose bodies were found in a backwater area of the Mississippi River . Justices dismissed appeal involving man convicted in the kidnapping of two teens . James Horton Seale appealed conviction in 1965 , saying statute of limitations had expired . Indictment stands , but question of whether similar crimes can be prosecuted is unanswered .
The court asked high court if a civil rights crime can be prosecuted decades later . Justices dismissed appeal involving man convicted in the kidnapping of two teens . James Horton Seale appealed conviction in 1965 , saying statute of limitations had expired . Indictment stands , but question of whether similar crimes can be prosecuted is unanswered .