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ret5hd

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6. I believe an accurate description of this...

Thu Sep 30, 2021, 11:52 AM

Sep 2021

is that essentially it forces the state to convene a grand jury…with regular grand jury rules…even though the state didn’t want to. Then the case moves through the system as usual: Grand jury says yea/nay, if yea then trial etc.

No lynch mob, just forces the state to let a chosen group of citizens decide if charges are warranted.

But, as always, I may be completely wrong.

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The Kansas case that could change how rape is charged [View all] Jilly_in_VA Sep 2021 OP

Sounds scary as hell...... getagrip_already Sep 2021 #1

Sounds like DIY grand jury and probably not a good idea. Too easy to be abused. Thomas Hurt Sep 2021 #2

How Old Crank Sep 2021 #9

Easily Jerry2144 Sep 2021 #12

Yeah, I'm with you on this MissMillie Sep 2021 #3

Not just can't prove... Whatthe_Firetruck Sep 2021 #14

true enough MissMillie Sep 2021 #15

Who decides who is on the "jury?" 3Hotdogs Sep 2021 #5

There is this Old Crank Sep 2021 #10

I believe an accurate description of this... ret5hd Sep 2021 #6

I had read about this case Jilly_in_VA Sep 2021 #4

Rape isn't charged often when it should be...What miserable prosecutor...immature sex...I guess Demsrule86 Sep 2021 #7

Kansass Jilly_in_VA Sep 2021 #13

Grand juries are seated for long periods because they know the nuance of the law bucolic_frolic Sep 2021 #8

Doesn't really change the way rape per se is charged ToxMarz Sep 2021 #11