Hunter Shot by Cheney Has Heart Attack

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The 78-year-old lawyer who was shot by Vice President

####### Cheney in a hunting accident has some birdshot lodged in his heart and he had a "minor heart attack," a hospital official said Tuesday.

Peter Banko, the hospital administrator at Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi-Memorial, said Harry Whittington had the heart attack early Tuesday while being evaluated.

He said there was an irregularity in the heartbeat caused by a birdshot pellet, and doctors performed a cardiac catheterization. Whittington expressed a desire to leave the hospital, but Banko said he would probably stay for another week.

Whittington, a prominent Republican attorney from Austin, was accidentally sprayed with shotgun pellets when Cheney was aiming for a quail Saturday.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060214/ap_on_...ney_whittington

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Can Cheney be charged with anything if this guy dies?

[almaty 19]

Can Cheney be charged with anything if this guy dies?

i hope so...

[Traviesa 0]

Surely manslaughter. Isn't that what you're charged with when your actions cause the death of someone?

[I'm Gone 60]

Can Cheney be charged with anything if this guy dies?

Stupidity

[Sister Fracas 5]

Can Cheney be charged with anything if this guy dies?

Stupidity

that's a given...

[I'm Gone 60]

Surely manslaughter. Isn't that what you're charged with when your actions cause the death of someone?

It was totally accidental, so he isn't going to be charged with anything.

[almaty 19]

Surely manslaughter. Isn't that what you're charged with when your actions cause the death of someone?

It was totally accidental, so he isn't going to be charged with anything.

true

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Surely manslaughter. Isn't that what you're charged with when your actions cause the death of someone?

It was totally accidental, so he isn't going to be charged with anything.

What if it came out that he was drunk at the time?

[Traviesa 0]

I thought that when you accidentally killed someone (like hit someone in your car or whatever) it was manslaughter. If not, then what is manslaughter?

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They will sweep it under the rug.

Surely manslaughter. Isn't that what you're charged with when your actions cause the death of someone?

It was totally accidental, so he isn't going to be charged with anything.

What if it came out that he was drunk at the time?

[rbhigday 0]

I thought that when you accidentally killed someone (like hit someone in your car or whatever) it was manslaughter. If not, then what is manslaughter?

I agree with you i think it accidental manslaughter is the offical charge and you get usually less than a life term

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They will sweep it under the rug.

Isn't that the truth? I remember seeing on the news last night how they were trying every way possible to shift the blame on the poor guy who was shot. Like, oh, he shouldn't have done this or that...well, that may very well be true, but it seems way over the top in attempts to just completely allieve the VP of all responsibility whatsoever.

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I thought that when you accidentally killed someone (like hit someone in your car or whatever) it was manslaughter. If not, then what is manslaughter?

Manslaughter: Involuntary

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 (such as DUI). The usual distinction from voluntary manslaughter is that involuntary manslaughter (sometimes called "criminally negligent homicide") is a crime in which the victim's death is unintended.

For example, Dan comes home to find his wife in bed with Victor. Distraught, Dan heads to a local bar to drown his sorrows. After having five drinks, Dan jumps into his car and drives down the street at twice the posted speed limit, accidentally hitting and killing a pedestrian.

http://criminal.findlaw.com/crimes/a-z/man...nvoluntary.html

They will sweep it under the rug.

Surely manslaughter. Isn't that what you're charged with when your actions cause the death of someone?

It was totally accidental, so he isn't going to be charged with anything.

What if it came out that he was drunk at the time?

They started by not even reporting the problem until Cheney had enough time to "sleep it off".

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Surely manslaughter. Isn't that what you're charged with when your actions cause the death of someone?

It was totally accidental, so he isn't going to be charged with anything.

What if it came out that he was drunk at the time?

Or high on crack. Of course if there is more to the story he could be charged with something, but as the facts stand now, it was just his stupity of not look where he was shooting.

We were talking at work yesterday about what if it had been that guy had shot Cheney and I said I wonder how many Secret Service bullets that guy would have in him.