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Do you have access to the case including evidence? The jury did and voted to indict, how can you be sure that this is legal gymnastics?
by plandis 4y ago
Do you have access to the case including evidence? The jury did and voted to indict, how can you be sure that this is legal gymnastics?
- flutas 4y ago> The jury did and voted to indict I honestly wouldn't put any faith in a jury choosing to indict. As famously once said, you can convince a jury to indict a ham sandwich. I'm waiting to see what the charges actually are and the evidence for them. (1985 quote) > In a bid to make prosecutors more accountable for their actions, Chief Judge Sol Wachtler has proposed that the state scrap the grand jury system of bringing criminal indictments. > Wachtler, who became the state’s top judge earlier this month, said district attorneys now have so much influence on grand juries that “by and large” they could get them to “indict a ham sandwich.”
- dharmab 4y agoI served on a grand jury. There were cases where we heard evidence and it became clear that the charged crimes didn't occur. Those cases were not voted on and the public never heard about them. The vote is a formal procedure _after_ the evidence has built a case.
- Kye 4y agoHe later went on to serve prison time after a trial, after a grand jury indictment. Maybe we shouldn't take the ham sandwich's word on its innocence.
- speakfreely 4y agoThe grand jury system is a bit of a joke. You've seen how badly prosecutors twist facts and inaccurately frame things during cases. The grand jury is basically that except without anyone disputing anything they say. Only the most inept prosecutors don't get the indictments they want.