Then you got the issuance of a criminal Complaint, followed by the issuance of a criminal Indictment, sometimes followed by the issuance of Superseding Indictments.
In a superseding indictment handed up in September, prosecutors expanded the original charges to include 13 criminal counts that could have carried an even lengthier prison sentence.
Superseding these and many other recollections of Kennedy the senator is my vivid memory of him as a person uniquely able to distract and comfort others in distress.