Tuesday, September 25, 2007
 
Coming Soon: Municipal Fines for Zoning Violations
Vick Indicted on Dogfighting Charges:
    Michael Vick and three co-defendants were indicted by a grand jury Tuesday on state charges related to a dogfighting ring operated on Vick's Virginia property.

    The grand jury passed on indicting the Atlanta Falcons quarterback and two of co-defendants on eight counts of animal cruelty, which would have exposed them to as many as 40 years in prison if convicted.

    Vick, who already pleaded guilty in federal court to a dogfighting conspiracy charge and is awaiting sentencing on Dec. 10, was indicted for beating or killing or causing dogs to fight other dogs and engaging in or promoting dogfighting.
Double jeopardy? No, ha ha! It's different jurisdictions! So he's being prosecuted for the same action, with the same crime name, but it's not unconstitutional!

Ah, the innovations in the legal systems since our founding fathers put quill to paper. Not for our betterment, but it does wonders for prosecutors' conviction rates.


- posted by Brian J. @ 7:56 PM
Comments:
What he did is reprehensible. But 40 years is just absolutely insane.

hln
# posted by Blogger hln : Wednesday, September 26, 2007 10:35:00 AM
 


If only'd he'd killed someone inadvertantly, he could've gotten just 90 days!
# posted by Blogger gimlet : Saturday, September 29, 2007 12:02:00 AM
 


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