I work in the Bronx courts

[ellennelle]

9. input greatly appreciated

but so everyone is reminded here, GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS ARE ALWAYS SECRET!

at least, they are supposed to be.

think about it; if no true bill is issued, then the person accused should never have to be publicly humiliated or condemned.

not trying to protect wilson here, but the rest of us. this is a good arrangement, and should be respected and kept that way.

however, when an incident involves a killing at the hands of a police officer, imho an independent prosecutor should ALWAYS be brought in to conduct the grand jury proceedings; this should be the law.

making the ferguson grand jury docs public was damn near unprecedented; it was mccullough's best bet for protecting wilson at all costs, while maintaining the appearance of legality and fairness.

nothing could be further from fair or even legal. mccullough conducted this grand jury as if it were a full court, but without any adversarial representation for the victim, so there was no cross-examination.

this is what made the whole thing so perverse; typically the prosecutor uses the grand jury to indict someone of a crime so they can be charged and the prosecutor can prosecute him or her. in this case, he was defending wilson. just twisted.

i'll bet everyone here can think of a gazillion questions they'd have loved to ask wilson under cross-examination, and under oath. like oh, i dunno, how tall are you, sir? and you felt how puny? how long has this fear for your manhood been a problem? does that gun help?