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Topic	Grand jury declines to charge a man who murdered homeless man
darkknight109 03/04/22 1:47:35 PM #24:	adjl posted... Of course, the problem here is that "He was homeless and black" qualified as "beyond a reasonable doubt" for this grand jury. I'd argue it's worse than that. The grand jury is meant to consider the case in the light most favourable to the prosecution. Unlike the actual trial, all assumptions are made in the prosecution's favour and they're basically running the show. As the old phrase goes, you could get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich, if you so wanted. If this guy wasn't charged, it's because the prosecution wasn't particularly interested in seeing him charged. --- Kill 1 man: You are a murderer. Kill 10 men: You are a monster. Kill 100 men: You are a hero. Kill 10,000 men, you are a conqueror! <cite>darkknight109 posted [p:963165054] in Grand jury... [t:79927003]...</cite> <quote>adjl posted... </cite> <quote>Of course, the problem here is that "He was homeless and black" qualified as "beyond a reasonable doubt" for this grand jury.</quote>I'd argue it's worse than that. The grand jury is meant to consider the case in the light most favourable to the prosecution. Unlike the actual trial, all assumptions are made in the prosecution's favour and they're basically running the show. As the old phrase goes, you could get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich, if you so wanted. If this guy wasn't charged, it's because the prosecution wasn't particularly interested in seeing him charged. --- Kill 1 man: You are a murderer. Kill 10 men: You are a monster. Kill 100 men: You are a hero. Kill 10,000 men, you are a conqueror!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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