Prison Presidency - Peru vs. US

One of Peru's presidential candidates may be a convict prior to his possible election:

By perverse coincidence, the court is expected to give its verdict in the Urresti case just as Peruvians go to the polls in the first round of April’s elections. Voters thus face not only the bizarre prospect of a presidential candidate who alternates campaigning with televised court appearances, but also the theoretical possibility of an elected president governing from prison.

He is unlikely to win, but that may not be the prime objective of his candidacy. By anointing General Urresti as his political successor, Mr. Humala seemed to exculpate a suspect under indictment. Peru’s judges are not renowned for their independence and integrity; the presidential endorsement can certainly be seen as an attempt to influence the course of justice — and indeed could compromise the trial’s impartiality.

You can read the rest @
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/02/opinion/perus-possible-prison-presidency.html

Does that sound familiar?

Judge Andrew Napolitano sat down with Martha MacCallum to go over the two potential criminal investigations that the former First Lady could face.

1. The less serious possibility is an investigation similar to what was brought against Gen. David Petraeus, who pleaded guilty this week for keeping classified documents in an unsecured location. The judge explained that in Mrs. Clinton’s case, she kept classified secrets on a home server that was not secured by the government. Napolitano said there’s no way Clinton did not have classified material on her home server, since she held the same security clearance as the president. That would only be a misdemeanor charge, however.

2. Napolitano said the far more serious charge would be a conspiracy to “conceal documents from government computers,” which carries a penalty of three years in jail per document. A conviction on that charge would disqualify her from holding public office again.

You can read the rest @
http://www.thefederalistpapers.org/us/judge-these-are-all-the-charges-hillary-faces-over-private-emails

I choose Door Number 2.

If Hillary broke the law, she should be prosecuted. If found guilty, she should face the consequences.

If Peru can do it, why can't we?

"There should be no bank too big to fail and no individual too big to jail."

Hillary Clinton