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In reply to the discussion: Fucking lying Prosecutor just said that all black witnesses testified that they saw Brown charge! [View all]aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)If the jury trial results in an aquittal, let the chips fall where they may. I'm not ready to claim that Wilson is a murderer. But as a retired California attorney of many years, I know how corrupt many prosecutors are. They are political animals with agendas beyond truth and justice.I find this McCullouch character very disturbing, especially because he went so far out of his way to present exculpatory evidence favorable to Wilson. That's simply not done. The prosecutor presents only his side of the case in seeking an indictment. Wilson should not have testified at all. After all, a grand jury proceeding is not a trial. As far as whether or not the eyewitness testimony supported an indictment, I'm not taking McCulloch's word for it by any means. The 4,000+ page transcript may shed more light. So far I don't know anything about the testifying witnesses, whether they were biased, had criminal records or other credibility issues, were in fact percipient, and why a prosecutor whose only job at the grand jury stage is to obtain an indictment would even call witnesses favorable to Wilson who he does not intend to cross examine. Witnesses not subject to cross examination and who have no fear of cross examination are not more reliable than those who have to state their observations in a court room in the light of day. Preliminary hearings before a judge to determine probable cause are much preferable to the Grand Jury process which has been met with a great deal of dismay among the legal community.