Does this give you a reason to like Cheney?

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

No crime here. Accident.

Manslaughter: the unlawful killing of a human being without express or implied malice

It's a good thing that that heart attack didn't kill him, or it would have been crime, since the attack was caused by the birdshot in his heart.

I do think that the VP has responsibility to report things as significant as this, if just as a pre-emptive strike against the media reaction to follow. I do find it questionable that they prolonged releasing the news. I do find his callous refusal to publicly apologize a little distasteful. If you're a public figure, your private birdshot accidents aren't "private."