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Vick's problems didn't end with his former friends and co-defendants pleading guilty and alleging that he funded a dogfighting ring and helped them execute dogs that failed to show the gameness to fight. Virginia Commonwealth Attorney Gerald Poindexter said on Friday afternoon that "yes, indeed, we will prosecute" Vick and others on possible animal cruelty and dog-fighting charges. "The execution of these animals -- and the manner in which they were executed -- is startlingly offensive and demanding of prosecution," Poindexter said.
Reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Poindexter said he would probably submit his case to a grand jury that is scheduled to convene Sept. 25. He has not determined which charges he would file but said he would aggressively prosecute based on previously acquired evidence and some of the evidence presented in the federal case. Dogfighting and animal cruelty are felonies in Virginia with animal cruelty charges holding penalties of up to five years in jail for each animal killed. Statements made in the guilty pleas reached by co-defendants in the federal charges claim Vick had a direct hand in the execution of eight dogs this April.
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