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Though sometimes a prosecutors office will use a grand jury to fail to indict intentionally, like when the accused is a police officer they work with. It's a go
by aqme28 1mo ago
Though sometimes a prosecutors office will use a grand jury to fail to indict intentionally, like when the accused is a police officer they work with. It's a good way to launder away a prosecution that the DA doesn't want to pursue for political reasons.
- Analemma_ 1mo agoI've banged on about this before, but every state needs to adopt a law where allegations of illegal behavior by cops are always handled by a Special Prosecutor, never the local DA. The incentives are too fucked for a DA to ever be trusted to handle it properly.
- engineer_22 1mo ago[flagged]
- axus 1mo agoThe state could contract a criminal defense lawyer to prosecute, they probably already have antagonistic relationship with police.
- pixl97 1mo agoWhy would the state do that unless forced?
- actionfromafar 1mo agoThat's either a very shallow or deep question. :)
- BobaFloutist 1mo agoBecause it doesn't benefit the state to hav corrupt cops?
- Zigurd 1mo agoThis is how it should be done. But police departments strongly resist even administrative discipline by independent bodies.