yeah but Cheney's friend didn't die.
....So let's compare these two situations directly based on the known facts with who should be charged with what based on what we know about intent in both cases to help conservatives out with properly dispensing justice based on laws: just like there is no such charge as "attempted coup" for [temporarily]
unsuccessful coups and therefore all the seditionists should be released and all charges dropped (just ask Greenman); in Cheney's case, there is no such charge as "attempted murd...." oh, wait.