If he dies will Manslaughter charges be in order?

[Ksec]

I dont know the definition of manslaugher but I always thought it was an accidental murder charge.
Anyone?

[Jade Fox]

1. They would be but...

don't count on it.

It will Laura Bush killing her high-school friend all over again. At least she had youth as an excuse.

[The Backlash Cometh]

2. Someone said that if he dies within a year of being shot the

charge will be involuntary manslaughter.

[JuniperLea]

3. I would say....

NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE!!


Criminal negligence should not go unpunished!


I think the whole damn administration should be sued for criminal negligence... there's a long, long list of infractions.

[thebigidea]

4. well, in Texas that's up to the ranchowner to decide. Its a private matter

I wouldn't be surprised if they actually said that.

[Ksec]

5. And with the delay I wonder if he did that to sober up.

Its like a drunk driver mowing down someone with his car and then leaving the scene .

[ET Awful]

6. Hell, it's Texas, all he's gotta do is say the guy was a cattle rustler

and it's legal :P

[Frank Cannon]

12. Or call him an "enemy combatant"...

and then it was just a "fraternity prank".

[Horse with no Name]

7. There should be charges of some sort filed

However, I don't feel that this will happen.
If it were you or me, then we would be facing at the worst, negligent homicide (the killing of another person through gross negligence or without malice), at the best, reckless endangerment (A person is guilty of reckless endangerment when he or she recklessly engages in conduct not amounting to drive-by shooting but that creates a substantial risk of death or serious physical injury to another person.).
But would probably end up with involuntary manslaughter (Involuntary manslaughter usually refers to an unintentional killing that results from recklessness or criminal negligence, or from an unlawful act that is a misdemeanor or low-level felony)

[Frustratedlady]

8. They've probably asked Whittington

to sign a release from manslaughter charges, just in case he happens to die.

Wouldn't you think those in this administration would learn it is a lot easier when you tell the truth? Oh, I forgot. They don't have any experience with telling the truth.

[berni_mccoy]

11. An individual can not release someone from "manslaughter"

Manslaughter by defintion is an accidental or unintended death. Even if Whittington signs an affidavit, it will not help Cheney.

[DelawareValleyDem]

9. Here's a link to a digest of Texas criminal law

Key line is this one

Manslaughter is defined as recklessly causing the death of a person. Manslaughter is a felony of the second degree. Criminally negligent homicide is a state jail felony, and is defined as causing the death of an individual by criminal negligence.

http://www.weblocator.com/attorney/tx/law/c13.html


And here is the full text

http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/statutes/petoc.html

[UTUSN]

10. A former Atty Gen of TX, "a big Democrat" told Rita COSBY

(after she read the "negligent homicide" standard from the TX penal law to him), that the charges would have to be brought in the jurisdiction of the happening and that since this was a big ranching and hunting area, whose residents would be making up the jury, it would be extremely unlikely that any charges would be brought, as we all know here.

This is a crew that started out with law-breaking as a team, by "technically" claiming separate states as residences, although it was CLEAR that both Shrub and CHEENEE were residents of the same state. They've done it in big and little ways from Day 1.

[misternormal]

13. Someone can be charged...

... with involuntary manslaughter if He hits someone, with his car, dressed in black who steps out a ditch in front of him in the middle of the night on a deserted road.

Of course that would only apply to one of the working poor...

And then of course the lawsuits...