Looking Forward wrote:
...I think there should be a law...that once you know the police are after you, once you go on the lamb...for every day you don't turn yourself in, a year is added to your eventual sentence.
How about this: if you don't show up, you have waived your right to be present at your trial and to face your accuser. You knew when the trial was. You didn't show up. They should just proceed with the trial without you. If they find you guilty, your sentence begins whenever they catch you.