The Prosecution Never Rests

Charles Manson prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi has already put away over 100 criminals. Now he has his sights set on his biggest target yet: George W. Bush

Fabled attorney Vincent Bugliosi, who successfully prosecuted 105 of 106 felony jury trials, is most famous for his prosecution of Charles Manson and “family,” which led Bugliosi to write about the Tate/ La Bianca murders in his book Helter Skelter. The book, which has sold over 7 million copies, is the best selling true-crime book in publishing history. Two of his other books, And the Sea Will Tell and Outrage, about the O.J. Simpson trial, also reached No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list. This year, he published perhaps his most controversial book, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, in which he lays out his case as to why the 43rd president of the United States should be brought to justice.

VCR: Can you give us the summary of the case that you make against the president in your new book?

Vincent Bugliosi: I present evidence that proves, certainly, my opinion and an opinion of many, beyond all reasonable doubt, that Bush took the nation to war in Iraq on a lie under false pretenses and therefore under the law. He’s guilty of murder for the deaths of over 4,000 young American soldiers [who] have died so far fighting his war in Iraq. I always point out that it’s his war, not your war, my war, America’s war, but George Bush’s war. We should not forget about the over 100,000 — that’s a very conservative estimate, some estimates are well estimated over a million now — innocent Iraqi men, women, children, and babies who have died horrible, violent deaths, because of George Bush’s war, although I was unable to establish jurisdiction here in America to prosecute him for these murders of the innocent Iraqis over there. But I was able to establish jurisdiction to prosecute him here in America for the deaths of the 4,000 American soldiers.

I’ve established jurisdiction to do that.

Read further the interview by David Comden 10/09/2008 here.

Watch the video : Hearing on Limits of Executive Power: Vincent Bugliosi