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Having sat on a grand jury, the 95% is because it's a rigged system. The DA has to convinces 50% of the people that there is a 50% chance that their one sided s
by bberenberg 5y ago
Having sat on a grand jury, the 95% is because it's a rigged system. The DA has to convinces 50% of the people that there is a 50% chance that their one sided story is possibly true. This is a lower bar than individuals are held to at cocktail parties.
- refurb 5y agoSo it may not be great, but what’s the alternative? The prosecutor decides independently when to bring charges? Is that better? It just seems to skip a step.
- dharmab 5y agoMany US states use judges instead of grand juries. Many countries use panels of two "citizen judges" (lay persons who serve for a single term) and one career judge.
- bberenberg 5y agoMy understanding is that a panel of judges outperform grand juries, and petit juries in nearly every scenario. Sorry I don't have references on hand to support this. I currently think the main benefit of juries is to educate the public on how screwed up the whole process is. It was a waste of time in terms of protecting anyone involved, but brought my trust in the criminal judicial system to an all time low.