Guilty

Libby goes down. Cheney next?

Scooter Libby, who committed no crime in a non-existent case, was convicted on four out of five charges.

Damned liberal DC juries!

I wonder if Cheney’s next, as the FDL crowd has been hinting.

Update Nope. Fitzgerald says he and his crew are going back to their day jobs, unless Libby comes forward and offers information in return for a reduced sentence.

Game over. Our side mostly lost.

Author: Mark Kleiman

Professor of Public Policy at the NYU Marron Institute for Urban Management and editor of the Journal of Drug Policy Analysis. Teaches about the methods of policy analysis about drug abuse control and crime control policy, working out the implications of two principles: that swift and certain sanctions don't have to be severe to be effective, and that well-designed threats usually don't have to be carried out. Books: Drugs and Drug Policy: What Everyone Needs to Know (with Jonathan Caulkins and Angela Hawken) When Brute Force Fails: How to Have Less Crime and Less Punishment (Princeton, 2009; named one of the "books of the year" by The Economist Against Excess: Drug Policy for Results (Basic, 1993) Marijuana: Costs of Abuse, Costs of Control (Greenwood, 1989) UCLA Homepage Curriculum Vitae Contact: Markarkleiman-at-gmail.com