Question. McCulloch

[mainstreetonce]

Can the prosecutor be indicted for leaking Grand Jury info or allowing leaks?

Can he be removed from office by the Governor? Impeached?

Right now I am more angry at him than Wilson.

[VanillaRhapsody]

1. He should be brought up on charges...he had a conflict of interest..

he was on the board raising money to SUPPORT Darren Wilson.

The National Bar Association is appalled.

Last night, the National Bar Association, "the nation's oldest and largest national network of predominantly African-American attorneys and judges," issued a statement calling for Federal Charges to be brought against Officer Wilson.
WASHINGTON, DC – The National Bar Association is questioning how the Grand Jury, considering the evidence before them, could reach the conclusion that Darren Wilson should not be indicted and tried for the shooting death of Michael Brown. National Bar Association President Pamela J. Meanes expresses her sincere disappointment with the outcome of the Grand Jury’s decision but has made it abundantly clear that the National Bar Association stands firm and will be calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to pursue federal charges against officer Darren Wilson. “We will not rest until Michael Brown and his family has justice” states Pamela Meanes, President of the National Bar Association.....

[NV Whino]

4. Just a note, this is the National Bar Association

Not the American Bar Association.

[VanillaRhapsody]

5. thank you....it slipped my mind but that is exactly right...

[SickOfTheOnePct]

6. Debunked

Granted, his conduct in this case is questionable, but it does no one any good to continue to say things that aren't true. The truth is bad enough, no need to propagate untruths.

http://www.stlamerican.com/news/local_news/article_05fbf85e-3d02-11e4-bbb3-5b590397aedf.html

“Contrary to recent posts on social media, BackStoppers is not participating in nor has benefited from any fundraising activity involving the Ferguson matter,” BackStoppers stated Monday morning in a release provided by Joyce. “We scrutinize our contributions and if we receive funds involving the Ferguson matter, those funds would be rejected by the Board of Directors.”
Joyce told The American her office had determined that BackStoppers has received no money from the sale of these T-shirts. She said that Teespring, the site that hosted the fundraising account, would not divulge who set up this account without legal action.

[VanillaRhapsody]

7. and it says..

“No way for non-profits to easily ‘police’ others claiming to raise funds to ‘benefit’ their cause.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

8. And your point would be...?

That doesn't contradict the quote I provided, nor does it support your incorrect claim.

[VanillaRhapsody]

9. He WAS "or is" on the President of the Board.....

and they just said they cannot control "who" makes donations......and that guy.....He didn't prosecute Darren Wilson....he prosecuted Mike Brown.

Mighty convenient cover "we can't control who donates".....yeah that is exactly what I would say too....in fact just adding that...made them sound guilty as charged to me...

[SickOfTheOnePct]

10. They didn't say they couldn't control who makes donations to their organization

They said there was no easy way to control who is using their name in fundraising. Two totally different things.

“No way for non-profits to easily ‘police’ others claiming to raise funds to ‘benefit’ their cause.

Who cares if McCulloch is the president of Backstoppers? Backstoppers received no donations from the group that was selling the pro-Wilson T-shirts.

[notadmblnd]

2. IMO, he obstructed justice.

[mainstreetonce]

3. Good point. Obstruction of justice

Justice Antonin Scalia, in the 1992 Supreme Court case of United States v. Williams, explained what the role of a grand jury has been for hundreds of years.

It is the grand jury’s function not ‘to enquire … upon what foundation [the charge may be] denied,’ or otherwise to try the suspect’s defenses, but only to examine ‘upon what foundation [the charge] is made’ by the prosecutor. Respublica v. Shaffer, 1 Dall. 236 (O. T. Phila. 1788); see also F. Wharton, Criminal Pleading and Practice § 360, pp. 248-249 (8th ed. 1880). As a consequence, neither in this country nor in England has the suspect under investigation by the grand jury ever been thought to have a right to testify or to have exculpatory evidence presented.