Do we really need this news story? I mean come on, folks -- the victim is improving.

If the man wounded by
Dick Cheney dies, the vice president could — in theory at least — face criminal charges.

Dallas defense attorney David Finn, who has been a state and a federal prosecutor, said Wednesday that a Texas grand jury could bring a charge of criminally negligent homicide if there is evidence the vice president knew or should have known "there was a substantial or unjustifiable risk that his actions would result in him shooting a fellow hunter."

To indict Cheney, the grand jury would have to conclude that a reasonable person in the vice president's place would say to himself, "I am not pulling the trigger because this other guy might be in front of me," Finn said.

Frankly, this sounds like someone in the media is rooting for Mr. Whittington to kick the bucket.

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