A separate committee has to decide whether or not she broke the law, and the maximum penalty for such a crime is a 5000 dollar fine. I'm not sure whether or not it's an impeachable offence under Alaska state law. Either way, it looks like they're going to be at this for a few months so she could be vice president by the time she's found guilty, and by then she can have old John give her a presidential pardon.
JakeMartinez Reviewed by JakeMartinez on . Yahoo! Main Page, Palin guilty of Violating Ethics Alaska inquiry finding: Palin abused power - Yahoo! News For those of you with lazy tendencies. Summary Gov. Palin has been accused by a bi-partisan panel of violating the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act. She reportedly tried to have her former brother-in-law fired, because of a family grudge stemming from the divorce of he and the governor's sister. With no avail the Palin's had the man who was supposed to be doing the firing, fired. And of course to every story there are two sides Rating: 5