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Cheney - Gonzales Indictments Dismissed

Mike

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Indictments against Cheney, Gonzales dismissed

Posted: Dec 2, 2008 12:50 PM CST

RAYMONDVILLE, TX (AP) - A judge in Texas has dismissed indictments against Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

Administrative Judge Manuel Banales ruled Monday that the indictments were improperly returned by a Willacy County grand jury.

The indictment against Cheney alleged that his personal investment in the Vanguard Group, which invests in private prison companies, made him culpable in alleged prisoner abuse at privately run federal detention centers.

The judge also dismissed indictments against two district judges, two special prosecutors and the district clerk, saying the prosecutor was both the alleged victim and the person presenting the cases.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
 

Tex

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Mike said:
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Indictments against Cheney, Gonzales dismissed

Posted: Dec 2, 2008 12:50 PM CST

RAYMONDVILLE, TX (AP) - A judge in Texas has dismissed indictments against Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

Administrative Judge Manuel Banales ruled Monday that the indictments were improperly returned by a Willacy County grand jury.

The indictment against Cheney alleged that his personal investment in the Vanguard Group, which invests in private prison companies, made him culpable in alleged prisoner abuse at privately run federal detention centers.

The judge also dismissed indictments against two district judges, two special prosecutors and the district clerk, saying the prosecutor was both the alleged victim and the person presenting the cases.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

This was a really silly indictment but the process makes me wonder just how much power is given to administrative judges to overturn grand juries which leads me to question who appoints administrative judges.
 

Mike

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Tex said:
Mike said:
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Indictments against Cheney, Gonzales dismissed

Posted: Dec 2, 2008 12:50 PM CST

RAYMONDVILLE, TX (AP) - A judge in Texas has dismissed indictments against Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

Administrative Judge Manuel Banales ruled Monday that the indictments were improperly returned by a Willacy County grand jury.

The indictment against Cheney alleged that his personal investment in the Vanguard Group, which invests in private prison companies, made him culpable in alleged prisoner abuse at privately run federal detention centers.

The judge also dismissed indictments against two district judges, two special prosecutors and the district clerk, saying the prosecutor was both the alleged victim and the person presenting the cases.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

This was a really silly indictment but the process makes me wonder just how much power is given to administrative judges to overturn grand juries which leads me to question who appoints administrative judges.

Mostly by Govenors, but Administrative agencies many times appoint their own Administrative Judges to make decisions for or against their own policies.

Grand juries only hear one side of a case, they are frequently overturned when the case gets to trial too.
 
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