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Lee-Lee

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9. When I was on the job

Reply to Jackpine Radical (Reply #5)

Tue Nov 25, 2014, 12:03 PM

Nov 2014

When the DA thought a case was iffy they presented to the GC much like this one was, laying it all out. They figured if just laying out everything they knew, with no defense attorneys, couldn't get a simple indictment than a conviction was pretty well impossible.

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As Few as 4 Grand Jurors Can Scuttle an Indictment [View all] Rose Siding Nov 2014 OP

As few as 1 can scuttle a trial... nt Lee-Lee Nov 2014 #1

Not in quite the same way. Jackpine Radical Nov 2014 #3

And a case can be represented to a new GJ the same as a retrial. Lee-Lee Nov 2014 #4

My state doesn't use GJ's; I was not aware of that. Jackpine Radical Nov 2014 #6

If they can not get 9 on a low standard of evidence, they cant get 12 on a much higher standard. Travis_0004 Nov 2014 #2

I translate this as: Jackpine Radical Nov 2014 #5

When I was on the job Lee-Lee Nov 2014 #9

When you were on the job was it usual or unusual for the prosecutor to... Rose Siding Nov 2014 #10

No cases I was involved in were a media circus with riots Lee-Lee Nov 2014 #11

"GC"??? Do you mean "GJ"???? - nt KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #13

Not in cases of cops because the proscuter really don't want a conviction. Nt Logical Nov 2014 #8

And reporters were fed info it was a unanimous decision- leading many to report same as rumor bettyellen Nov 2014 #7

Leakiest GJ ever mainstreetonce Nov 2014 #12