I listened to Hannity today...delay's lawyer: wasn't a crime when he did

[greenbriar]

Hannity just had delay's lawyer on and said the indictments are wrong
and that what he did wasn't a crime when he did it!


to everything spin spin spin

[kanrok]

1. Tell his lawyer to tell it to the jury

Quit whining and prove it in court. Douchebag.

[Yupster]

9. I would be truly astounded

if any prosecutor would make such a stupid mistake, so I'm assuming it's not true.

The Constitution clearly forbids ex post facto laws in Article 1, Section 8-3.

For anyone who doesn't know, an ex post facto law would be like a cop giving you a speeding ticket for going 39 in a 30 mile per hour zone, but the sign wasn't reduced to 30 mph until two days after you got the ticket. When you got the ticket, it was a 40 mph zone. That's clearly illegal, and every prosecutor would know that so I don't think anyone would make a mistake like that on such an important case.

[lawwolf]

10. You'd be surprised...

especially when you are looking at facts that happened years ago. That isn't something that we (I'm a prosecutor) normally think about. We look at the 2005 criminal code, we look at the facts of the case and see if they violate one of the crimes. Something like the law changed in 2003 and the crime happened in 2002 could slip past. That is what is claimed to have happened here. He was looking into crimes that happened several years ago, and the law was changed the next year (also several years ago).

[napi21]

2. He was referring to the 1st indictment of conspiracy.

I've heard rumors of that too. The Tx. law was changed a year leter. I think that's why Earls filed the second 2 charges a day later.

[formernaderite]

13. Yes, this seems to be true....hopefuly the 2nd charge sticks

otherwise someone will have egg on their face, and as usual the dems will get blamed.

[rhett o rick]

3. YOU LISTENED TO HANNITY!! Wash your ears out with soap. nt

[greenbriar]

4. I listen to rushy for about 30 minutes during my lunch time drive

and hannity on the drive home.


gotta keep up with the enemy

[rhett o rick]

8. You're a better person than me. My blood pressure won't handle either. nt

[verse18]

5. I heard that excuse too

as I was watched Delay on CSPAN the other day. I was shocked that he tried to make that his defense.

[Lexingtonian]

6. A Repub legislature criminalized what DeLay did....

Exactly where is the Party of Morals and Integrity here?

Who screwed up here- did the Republican Lege criminalize something that wasn't a crime, or is DeLay admitting to a criminal deed that merely wasn't legally a crime at the time?

Oh, the moral dilemmas of being a Republican. Committing crimes or creating criminality, which is it?

Oh, to launder money or not to launder money, that is The Question. Whether 'tis better to....

Fuck that. These are no Hamlets or philosphers, these are plain morons and criminals.

[lawwolf]

7. What????

criminalize something that wasn't a crime?!?!?!?! Criminal deed that wasn't legally a crime?!?!?? I think my head is going to explode.

[bluedawg12]

11. trying his case on TV? sad, very sad. n/t

[dchill]

12. Tom Delay is a born-again ...

Xian man of God! Nothing - absolutely NOTHING - that he does is allowed to be called a crime!

What do you expect Delay's lawyer to say? What do you expect from Sean Hannity?

[Neil Lisst]

14. Hang down your head, Tom De-Lay, hang down your head & cry

Stick a fork in his fat behind. He's done politically. They've cut him out of the party and he's now persona non grata.



-----
my progressive political cartoon
http://www.webcomicsnation.com/neillisst