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October 17, 2005
DeLay... where's the arrest warrant?
Setting aside for just a bare moment whether or not Ronnie Earle's indictments against Tom DeLay are real criminal charges or just the next step in political vendettas, I'm wondering why DeLay hasn't been arrested yet. After all, he's been formally charged with a felony. Even in polite, white-collar crimes, an indictment is followed by an arrest warrant, and then the accused arranges a time with his lawyer and the D.A. to come in, surrender, and post bail. Does anyone know why this hasn't happened yet for DeLay? Is there some procedural hold-up? Or did I just miss the perp-walk on TV?
Now, getting back to the validity of the charges. If there's a judge who should have issued the arrest warrant but didn't, does that mean anything?
Personally, I don't have much of an opinion on the validity of the charges. Some of DeLay's actions look like they're skirting the line between the letter of the law and the spirit of the law. At the same time, Earle's actions with the multiple grand juries, the last minute rush to beat the statute of limitations after a two year investigation, and the personal film crew... well, let's just say it doesn't match my expectations of proper D.A. behavior.
Time will tell.
Politics by Dan at October 17, 2005 04:13 PM
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Ah, it looks like I have the answer to my question. He'll go through it this week.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/10/17/national/w105129D10.DTL
Posted by: Dan at October 17, 2005 11:15 PM
I was going to say, what I heard was that he's going in on Thursday. He was trying to avoid the fingerprinting and mug shot stuff, but didn't manage to, so he's supposed to go in for all that on Thursday.
Unless I misremember what I heard on the radio, or their information was wrong.
Posted by: Julia at October 17, 2005 11:24 PM