CNN Breaking News email: Police Officer Darren Wilson to resign

[branford]

19. I would welcome a trial, state or federal.

I'm most eager to see all the evidence and testimony, not just limited and targeted leaks. I assume that there is a great deal, both good and bad, that we do not yet know about.

If the actual evidence is a scarce as suggested by the state grand jury leaks and the apparent unwillingness of the DOJ to seek a federal indictment, I doubt conviction is a realistic possibility.

In no event, however, do I believe an indictment or conviction is warranted without sufficient evidence to believe a good-faith, beyond a reasonable doubt, judgment can be rendered, as mandated by the most basic canons of prosecutor ethics. I similarly do not believe in "justice" rendered by the mob, and hope no violence ensues in the event of a no bill by the grand jury.