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| Edited by | Chris Finnie - Nov 19, 2008 - 6:09 PM PST |
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Dick Cheney charged over abuse in private prisons
Daily Telegraph - by Tom Leonard - Nov. 19, 2008 (News Report)
A grand jury in south Texas indicted Mr Cheney and Alberto Gonzales, the former Attorney General, on state charges that they blocked an investigation into the mistreatment of ...
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Top Ten Jury Verdicts of 2006: $47.5 million total verdict in wrongful death case | Legal > Torts from
allbusiness.com - Nov. 19, 2008 (Pending)
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Judge removes Guerra as prosecutor for 5 of 9 criminal cases involving Vice President Cheney and Texas State Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr.
raymondvillechroniclenews.com, Raymondville Chronicle - by Robert Wilcox - Nov. 19, 2008 (News Report)
After being AWOL from the job and violating sections of the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct - Willacy County District Attorney Juan Angel "Johnny Guerra" has ...
Cheney, Gonzales and the others will not be arrested, and do not need to appear in person at the arraignment, Presiding Judge Manuel Banales said.
In the latest bizarre development in the case, the lame-duck prosecutor who won the indictments was a no-show in court Wednesday. The judge ordered Texas Rangers to go to Willacy County District Attorney Juan Guerra’s house, check on his well-being and order him to court on Friday.
Half of the eight high-profile indictments returned Monday by a Willacy County grand jury are tied to privately run federal detention centers in the sparsely populated South Texas county. The other half target judges and special prosecutors who played a role in an earlier investigation of Guerra.
Surely we can do better in our courts… If this turns out to be a negligent prosecution that triggers double jeopardy protection, where can The People turn for justice?