Will Dick Cheney go to prison?
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i want to clarify something about somethingsharper's response.  \n\nthere is nothing in the law that stipulates that a victim of a crime gets to decide whether to press charges.  criminal law exists in order to protect the entire society against acts that are deemed detrimental to the entire society.  as such, the only person who decides whether or not to press charges is the people's representative, the district attorney under whose jurisidiction the crime took place.\n\nhowever, quite often the district attorney will ask the victim of a crime if they wish to press charges, as a matter of expediency and to make the system a little more human.  for civil cases, on the other hand, these can be initiated by anyone at all, and they have total freedom in deciding whether to drop the case or not.\n\nHOWEVER there is no requirement that a district attorney not send a case to criminal court.  since district attorneys often move on to politics, and because an involuntary manslaughter charge against a standing vice president has enormous political ramifications, such a thing is not outside the realm of possibility.\n\nthat said, i think it's very VERY unlikely that any DA is going to press charges without the victim's consent here.  if that happens i think it's clearly an open-and-shut case in terms of the criminal court, but with such a powerful defendant i would be surprised if anything went by the book.  \n\naltogether i think the chances of cheney ending up in prison are extraordinarily low.
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wabbitqueen:\n With all the evidence against him, I don't think that's possible. The question is whether he'll be sentenced to death or not.\n \nOJ Simpson? Michael Jackson? Didnt everyone say the same thing by those 2 cases? You never know what will happen, although this is a bit different. It'll be a crime against the US court system if he is found innocent, so i doubt it will be the case. But IF he is found innocent, all hell will breakj loose and Bush will be getting more grief from the world than he has ever had.
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Do you really want Dick "shoot em in the face" Cheney to rule in his place?
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Nope, he cant anyway.\n\nHe should actually be in prison with Katherine Harris.
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I agree.  But our entire senate, congress, and presidential administration would be in prison.
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Cheney? The vice President? LIke always, but he wouldn't get impeached no grounds for it.
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Very doubtful.  Not even to visit, but it'll be up to France.  The USA will allow him to travel if he is off parole or if he receives permission from his P.O.
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And you know the guy had to act like he was cool with it in order to keep from REALLY being murdered...\n\nWhat's he gonna say? I'll sue Dick Cheney?
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Technically he could.\nBut he would first need to be judged, proven guilty and condemned.\nEven by that stage, I don't think he would be jailed : he will be 75 when he loses his presidential status which means at least 76 or 77 when condemned which is pretty old to be put in prison.\nFurthermore, he might be able to count on his friends to come up with a law to protect him.
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I'm not sure about the state laws there, but here in Oregon, Cheney would have been charged with reckless endangerment with a firearm.\n\nI like how double standards apply to regular citizens, politicians, & highly-paid pro athletes.
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How could Rice  run for president in 08, she will be in prison, or is Bush going to spring her and his other cronies on his last day!  Not if he's locked up too. Yahoo!
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what if the guy is in prison?
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well... nobody knows forsure, but i think he did for is first term...\n\no yea... u won't get arrested by the FBI, or i would've had about 2 year jail time for how much i dislike bush...
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ahhhh HA HA HA HA HA.... He is a perfect example of what not to do while in the white house. Maybe he should be sent to Iraq, since he can almost kill a man without any jail time!
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No he is still in prison, he was just sentenced to death.  It hasnt been carried out yet.
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Cheney didn't shoot a senator.  He ACCIDENTALLY shot a lawyer friend of his.  I swear, some folks need to get their heads out of their rectal canal...\n\n\nYou edited your post, subcultural, but your head is STILL up your butt.
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Who the heck is "Bill" Cheney??\n\nIf you mean "Dick", he will not and should not run.