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Considering how grand juries are done. I . Do. Not. Care.
In a grand jury the prosecutor gets to present what ever evidence they want. If 99 people say hey he didn’t do it and one says he did, the prosecutor doesn’t have to even mention the fact that those 99 people even exist to the jury.
The prosecutor can pick and choose ANY evidence they choose to show to the jury. There is no one there to object to any of the evidence for ANY reason. Nothing. Zero.
It’s just the prosecutor telling what ever story they choose. No one to argue about it.
Ask any attorney and they will tell you even a half way decent attorney can get a watermelon convicted of murder. And that’s during a regular trial. In a grand jury there is NO defense attorney to object to anything. Yeah going to be real hard to get someone indicted on a grand jury.
Do people/ prosecutors fail to get an indictment in front of a grand jury? Yes. So then I have to ask, just how dammed weak was your case if you can’t even win when there is no defense?
Yeah failing to get an indictment from a grand jury is an impressive form of failure.
Which has become surprisingly common lately under the Trump regime
I was once told by the prosecutor that I didn't need to vote on a case because I "expressed distrust of the officer's testimony". I asked for clarification. "Okay, I don't need to, but am I allowed to?" "No, you're not".
Pretty sure that was highly illegal and unethical behavior. She sent me to see the judge in a manner very similar to the principal's office. He said I didn't do anything wrong. I ended up not making a big problem out of it, but I bet I could have.
I then went back and voted on the remainder of the cases. They seemed pretty legit other than that, but I was certainly a no vote on a couple charges. And I made them show evidence other than just "officer testimony". Luckily body cam footage was abundant.
Bodycam footage has got to be one of the best measures ever implemented.
It's a huge step towards accountable police forces, as we've seen in so many police abuse cases. Now we need to overturn their immunity, so that the murderers and abusive power tripping assholes don't get to just walk away freely.
But it also works to defend the police, and there's so much bodycam footage on YouTube of people acting like massive dickwads, and I swear to god, the restraint on many officers is godlike, I'd have bashed their faces by the 2nd time they called me something wildly abusive, let alone hear it 100 times over 30 minutes and still remain calm.