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In reply to the discussion: Pic Of The Moment: Justice? It's No Wonder People Are Pissed... [View all]lovemydog
(11,833 posts)19. It is. Unfortunately there are no statistics
on state grand juries. It's fair to say the large majority of them also return indictments. That is, where the prosecutor actually wanted an indictment and actually argued for a particular charge.
A distinction here is that the case involved a police officer and the local prosecutor refused to recuse himself.
The prosecutor presented the case to the grand jury in a manner very different from most cases. He allowed Wilson to present his defense. I would like to know how many other times this particular prosecutor has handled a grand jury this way, in cases involving the killing of an unarmed person. My hunch is - zero.
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What evidence have I presented, other than asking *exactly* what charge should have been brought
MNBrewer
Nov 2014
#17
Here in "liberal" Northern Calif, we have one police officer who has outright
truedelphi
Nov 2014
#23
Hmm to bad as I would give state statistics more weight than the federal since it was a state grand
cstanleytech
Nov 2014
#20
The officer is not entirely immune because he was never charged with a crime.
lovemydog
Nov 2014
#21
About the prosecutor's family... This has got to be one of the most egregious cases of favoritism
nomorenomore08
Nov 2014
#24
As I watch many an asshole, burning and destroying innocent person's businesses
SoapBox
Nov 2014
#27
This prosecutor has taken 5 cop murders before the grand jury zero were charged.
sammy750
Nov 2014
#31
Took them just long enough so they could release the results *AFTER* the elections. nt
Xipe Totec
Nov 2014
#32