To: coloradan
Why should Dukakis be charged with a crime? What did he do that was against the law? The Executive power includes the power to pardon. If Dukakis didn't sell his pardons, he's not criminally liable. Because he's an agent of the State, he's not civilly liable, though the Commonwealth as a whole might have some liability.
Stupid's legal.
17 posted on
03/28/2006 7:27:50 AM PST by
GAB-1955
(being dragged, kicking and screaming, into the Kingdom of Heaven....)
To: GAB-1955
Stupid is legal, but negligence is not. Negligence leading to death, in this case. There's a place for career criminals, and it's in jail, not in a gun store with a "get out of jail free" card from the governor.
19 posted on
03/28/2006 7:40:19 AM PST by
coloradan
(Failing to protect the liberties of your enemies establishes precedents that will reach to yourself.)
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