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The common refrain is "you can get a Grand Jury to indict a ham sandwich". The standards required to indict are quite low. The fact that they failed to get an i
by jobs_throwaway 2mo ago
The common refrain is "you can get a Grand Jury to indict a ham sandwich". The standards required to indict are quite low. The fact that they failed to get an indictment here must mean they had ~nothing.
- dredmorbius 2mo agoQuoted, and sourced, in the comment you're replying to. Yes, I'm aware.
- jobs_throwaway 2mo agoHeh, my bad
- oceansky 2mo agoJudges have a lot of freedom to decide sentences. They might get one willing to throw the book on him. The risk is still there.
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- dghlsakjg 2mo agoJudges can’t throw the book at someone who wasn’t indicted.
- dredmorbius 2mo agoDepending on the jurisdiction and court procedural rules, there may be other routes to an indictment. I'm no expert on Ohio law however, so I don't know what specifically applies here.
- jobs_throwaway 2mo agoHow is a judge going to do that when this man wasn't even indicted?