Should Robertson be Indicted?

[CanonRay]

He clearly made a terroristic threat. I believe his show is broadcast from Virginia, so the U.S. Attorney there would be in charge of initiating and presenting a case. Anyone have a link or e-mail address to that office?

[KeepItReal]

1. I'd rather see him indicted for praying for the death of Supreme Court

...Justices.

That sh*t ain't cool at all.

[madokie]

2. Say you believe in heaven and hell

Wouldn't you hate to be next to him* for the rest of eternity...Yikes
Enough to make a man want to change his way.

[mnhtnbb]

3. Contact for US Attorney

United States Attorney
Eastern District of Virginia

Paul J. McNulty 2100 Jamieson Avenue [phone]
United States Attorney Alexandria, Virginia 22314 FAX [phone]

[mnhtnbb]

5. Here's the link

http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/vae/

[mikelewis]

4. No but he should be a political pariah from now on.

He's a commentator on a news show and while I hate what he's saying, free speech is free speech. I would hope that rhetoric like this is condemned in the strongest terms and serious repurccussions befall his group of fanatics but I wouldn't idict him for his speech.

Now, that said, I also wouldn't have enacted the Patriot Act which makes this sort of rhetoric illegal. Because it's now against the law to offer speech like this, he really must be indicted. I don't think he should be, I think he has to be and I hope this serves as an example to those who worship the Lord Almighty Robertson as to what we are bitching about when we claim the Patriot Act undermines our civil liberties.

Now will he be.... not a snowballs chance in hell.

[Booster]

6. He clearly suggested a terroristic threat, and implied it should be

carried out by somebody other than himself. With his power over his own people, some idiot just might "do it for the Lord", but I'm not sure he should be indicted - I wish he would be indicted, but what I would rather see is him stripped of his TV presence for life. That would hurt him more than anything else. I believe a good lawyer could get him off on an indictment and that would just glorify him more in the eyes of his followers. The FCC should revoke any license he has for his show, and that's exactly what it is - a show.

[welshTerrier2]

7. absolutely not ... but he should be deported to Venezuela

my understanding is that Venezuela is sorely lacking in hypocritical, loud-mouthed, fundamentalist, xenophobic bigots ...

[wli]

8. sure, and extradited, too n/t

[marbuc]

9. No, he didn't break any laws to the best of my knowledge

He should be dumped from ABC Family, fined by the FCC, and stripped of his tax exempt status. The appropriate governing body should also investigate his financial affairs.

[CanonRay]

12. Check out the three statutes below.

You can Google United States Code, Title 18 for a searchable database if you wish to read them yourself. I was a Federal agent for 23 years, and it looks good to me.

[CanonRay]

10. Here's Three Statutes

Title 18 USC 878, 1116, 1201

Section 878 deals with making threats under the other sections, which deal respectively with murder of foreign protected dignitaries, and the kidnapping of same. I could write and indictment myself. By the way, 878 carries a sentence of up to 20 years. I think there's room in Supermax.

[Karenina]

11. YES works for me...

[AlGore-08.com]

13. The only people who should be indicted are people making real threats

Like "If you don't do X we will blow up Y tonight" - - and are actually planning to blow up Y and after you catch them with the bomb they were planning to use, you need one of them to testify in court so you let 'em plead down to "making terrorist threats".

Putting Robertson in jail on a bogus charge just makes him a martyr - - it makes him more sympathetic, more politically powerful. If you have evidence that will stand up in a court of law that Robertson is actively plotting the attempted assassination of Hugo Chavez rather than shooting off his mouth, then give it to the local DA and he/she will get Robertson's racist, homophobic backside arrested for attempted murder.

If you want to stop Robertson, organize a campaign to get him off TV and complain vocally to the advertisers of any show that is stupid enough to put him on. Get other groups of clergy to denounce him. Make him f*cking radioactive.

It's long overdue.

[CanonRay]

14. Not So Sure

He's got 300,000 fellow wackos who listen to his every word, every day. People like the Olympic bomber. You can't say that some nut won't wait for Chavez to visit the US and nail him. Not to mention that this guy has immediate access to the Chimp.

[AlGore-08.com]

17. That argument has been tried in court against NeoNazis and KKKers

It's never been accepted, as far as I know.

[bemildred]

15. You bet. Make an example of him. nt

[Nikki Stone 1]

16. Nah, just covered in chocolate and dropped at a Weight Watcher meeting

:smoke:

[mandomom]

18. Indicted?

Imagine if Cindy Sheehan, a private citizen, or you or I had said on national airwaves or, say, loudly in a Walmart, what Robertson said. We would not be indicted. Instead we'd be at great risk of being disappeared under the misnamed Patriot Act, held indefinitele without benefit of family, lawyers or due process. Why this oddly special treatment for a religious extremist cleric who pronounced permission to murder another person for politucal motuves? Robertson, a public figure, should be ashamed of himself, as should all Bush admins and supporters who refuse to condemn his statements. Next thing you know, all who criticize Robertson will be labelled pro-Chavez and anti-American.