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Cheney indicted in Texas prison scandal
Submitted by WW4 Report on Thu, 11/20/2008 - 03:53.
Its not The Hague, but its a start. From AFP, Nov. 19:
Texas jury indicts Cheney, Gonzalez in prison abuse case
WASHINGTON — A Texas grand jury has issued indictments against Vice President Dick Cheney and former attorney general Alberto Gonzalez over abuse at privately run prisons, court documents showed.
The three-page indictment Tuesday alleges that Cheney profited from the abuse because he invested 85 million dollars in a mutual fund company which holds shares of for-profit prisons.
It said this is a "direct conflict of interest" because Cheney had influence over the federal contracts awarded to the prison companies.
The indictment also accused Cheney of committing "at least misdemeanor assaults" of inmates by allowing other inmates to assault them.
The indictment further alleges that Gonzalez "participated by further having used his position ... to stop the investigations as to the wrong doings which includes the assaults committed in the prison for profit in Willacy County, Texas."
Cheney and Gonzalez were charged with engaging in organized criminal activity.
Several other related indictments were brought against a host of public officials in what one lawyer called a circus act by a local prosecutor seeking revenge in his final weeks in office.
"We look forward to having the opportunity to have an independent, competent prosecutor review the facts, and are confident that once that happens these baseless charges will be dismissed," said Michael Cowen, who represents Texas state senator Eddie Lucio.
Cheney's spokeswoman declined to comment because his office had not yet received a copy of the indictment.
"I'm not going to speculate or forecast the vice president's legal options," Megan Mitchell told AFP.
"Let's wait and see if we even receive one."
Associated Content notes these "Also indicted":
GEO Group, Inc., formerly Wackenhut Corrections Corp., and David Forrest, a warden, for murder and manslaughter of an inmate in 2001.
District Clerk Gilbert Lozano for official abuse of official capacity and official oppression.
Special prosecutor Gustavo Garza for official abuse of official capacity and official oppression.
We've noted before Cheney's corporate ties to the domestic police state.
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Cheney has invested 85 million dollars in a mutual fund company which holds shares of for-profit prisons
Tuesday, January 5, 2010Posted by For The People By the People: You Decide. at 2:01 PM
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