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Will Surry county Commonwealth's Attorney Gerald G. Poindexter prosecute Michael Vick for the dog-fighting and dog killing which is a felony in Virginia?
According to him...

"My intention is to vindicate the people of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the people of Surry County based on what we believe happened in Surry County," said Gerald G. Poindexter, the commonwealth's attorney in the rural jurisdiction near Vick's home town of Newport News. He said the case "likely will be presented" to a local grand jury on Sept. 25, the next time it meets.

Yet from what I've seen of the county residents' responses to this crime on the local news , and from what I know of the demography of the area, is there any point in even bringing this to trial?

Also, are we to believe in a small, overwhelmingly rural county (pop. 7,119) that it wasn't common knowledge what it's most prominent recent resident was doing?

Can a prosecutor ask for a trial to be moved in a dog-fighting case?


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