What are the legal aspects, of Vice President Cheney Shooting his friend.?
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Concluded it was accidental, although the 14-hour delay between when the sheriff was allowed to talk with Cheney will leave doubts about whether or not they were all drunk at the time. May not be true, but we'll never know now.\n\nBasically though, unless the guy dies Cheney is in the clear legally.
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he can be impeached for high crimes and mistemeaners. So there would have to be a specific charge.  If he was given erroneous information and he thought it to be true, then it is not a lie.
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Richard (Dick) B. Cheney is the Vice President of the United States.
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Cheney's friend did not die, the same can not be said for Mary Joe Kapekne.  Before you go and say that was so long ago do not forget the rape case in the Kennedy coumpound in West Palm Beach, and just recently another Kennedy was popped driving under the influence and was given the same preferential treatment as good old Teddy. Let's not forget Jefferson who accepted a $100,000 bribe then gets upset because the FBI searched his office as part of the investigation. What Clinton did (&^%*# an intern) would have gotten any CEO of a US company fired, but nothing was done for that (remember the empeachment was for lying to the Grand Jury under oath). Another Dem smacks a security guard because he asked her for I.D... Let's face it ALL politicians get preferential treatment. That's the problem, if you want to say the other side gets more preferential treatment I could go on. If I really have to go on, there is just no sense of doing so.
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Unfortunately in the eyes of the law its murder....but it should be justifiable,Just as Bush justifies every law hes broken, every lie hes told to turn it around and say its it our countries best interest... I should also add its justifed when your property or life depends on it.  That goes for many other circumstances well apart from the borders of this country.
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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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1) Both acted irresponsibly.  \n2) Kennedy left a dead Mary Jo Kopechne, Cheney administered care to Harry Whittington immediately.   \n3) Kennedy was charged with a crime (leaving the scene), Cheney wasn't charged because both parties held some responsibility in the matter.  \n4) The machine Kennedy used in his accident was an automobile... for which he was unlicensed to operate.  The machine Cheney used in his accident was a shotgun... which he was licenced for (although he didn't have a quail stamp).\n5) Mary Jo Kopechne is dead, Harry Whittington is alive.\n\nGame goes to Cheney. But I'd choose neither if that was an option!  Peace
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Drunk enough to shoot his friend.
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They probably were hunting at a game ranch which doesn't allow dogs.  Cheney has a history of going to these ranches and so he can elsely shoot birds.  Other than that, the dogs were a casualty of previous hunts.
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It's against the law to shoot the President, but you can get shot by the vice president with no legal issues what-so-ever.
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One way to look at it is to contrast something Bush did about 6 years ago. He was hunting with Karen Hughes (no he didn't pepper her with bird shot, unfortunately) and they killed some protected species od dear.\n\nThe first thing they did was go out and tell people, apologize and then thats the end of that.\n\nCheney didn't do that, nor would he talk to the Sheriff until the next day. They were drinking there, and Cheney is on various heart medications (although all the details are hidden too) which don't mix with alcohol.\n\nSo was he impared? Probably not, but we'll never know now.
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I would definately be calling the authorities. That is highly illegal and your friend can prosecute!!! I know for a fact I would and all involved will go down.
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Dude...\n\nReally...\n\nGet a life. The man was shot and killed. He is LONG dead and gone.\n\nGet over it.
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cherriest14 - A few points for you:\n\nFIRST: Just who in the hell did Cheney shoot and kill??? Harry Whittington was accidentally shot by Cheney on a hunting trip. Whittington not only survived the accident but has already been released from the hospital. A far cry from being killed in my book.\n\nAnd you think no one blinked an eye over the incident? The media went after Cheney as if he had driven the last nail on the cross over it. Did you not pay attention to the news the entire two weeks after the incident??\n\nSECONDLY: Clinton's bl0wj0b did not almost get him impeached. Here are the fact:\n\n* Clinton received oral from Monica Lewinsky.\n* Clinton lied under oath about said services\n* Clinton got caught lying and was impeached (impeachment is the process of being charged ... NOT the processed of being removed from office)\n* Clinton WAS impeached, tried and not convicted\n\nI said not convicted intentionally, because he was guilty of the charges - he admitted it and received a censure from Congress and had to withdraw from the bar for five years.\n\nWe conservative are not angry over the bl0wj0b. Hell, if I was President, I'd be hiring new interns on a daily basis. As the chief law enforcement officer of the land, it was unacceptable for Clinton to impede the investigation as much as he did and lie under oath about what happened. You don't think that if someone is questioning the President under oath, they pretty much have him nailed already??\n\nTHIRD: Why don't you do some basic research before you spout off your parroted idealogical bullsh!t. It just makes you look really, really stupid.
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Texas attorney Harry Whittington...a "friend" of Cheney.\n\nYa know, with friends like that....
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Give Cheney a gun and let him shoot Bush and Rumsfeld them himself.
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That's a wonderful Idea! Dead "EYE" DICK could run point, and maybe "BUSH" could get shot from standing behind "Chaney" too. How do you shoot someone that is standing behind you for DUMMY"S is on the shelves, of all the news stands all over the World. That wouldn't be an Assassination either, since Chaney wasn't charged for the involuntary manslaughter, for shooting his lawyer. Poor people go to prison for that in my State.