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In reply to the discussion: Repeat after me: Why aren't you sending the Trayvon Martin case [View all]Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)Therefore it is not a question of whether the case was deemed "unfit" for a grand jury. Her office stated that the investigation proceeds. Therefore it may be submitted to a grand jury later, or prosecution may proceed without indictment by a grand jury.
The public has no right to have the details of this type of decision laid out, and and judges can be kind of nasty if prosecutors talk too much publicly.
The first duty of the prosecutor is to serve the law. If the will of the people contradicts the rule of law, the prosecutor had damned well better be following the law rather than what public opinion wants at the time.
In a case like this, if the prosecuting authority decides not to press charges, the DA's office or whoever was in charge will disclose why. But before a prosecutor makes that decision, it is pretty well a requirement not to mess the future prosecution up before it even begins by blabbing to the media. You're not allowed to try a case in the media.
They haven't finished their investigation. They can't release a report.