tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post4609467095357419432..comments2024-03-26T12:23:29.784-04:00Comments on Philosoraptor: Jonathan Cohn at TNR on FergusonWinston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-55839360925598921972014-11-26T18:21:18.528-05:002014-11-26T18:21:18.528-05:00The grand jury system is a joke, historically gran...The grand jury system is a joke, historically grand juries were an investigative body, but today they are just cover for prosecutors to go after people and say that there was probable cause. In fact, I believe the United States is the only country in the world that continues to use them, most countries now have all preliminary probable cause issues handled by judges. We act as if the system is tehr0x0rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12837174315984980040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-47384833259549844602014-11-26T07:24:25.357-05:002014-11-26T07:24:25.357-05:00Well that's just great.
2 I mean.
I alrea...Well that's just great. <br /><br />2 I mean. <br /><br />I already basically knew about 1 and 3... But 2... And the combination...<br /><br />Damn I am rapidly losing respect for the legal system...Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-9138888259171853042014-11-25T21:24:30.305-05:002014-11-25T21:24:30.305-05:00Any civilian in a similar circumstance would have ...Any civilian in a similar circumstance would have been indicted (see George Zimmerman, admittedly not the best example, cause that dude turned out to be crazy, but its recent and the circumstances are similar). My take (although admittedly I spent 99% of my time in civil, rather than criminal litigation) is that the facts wouldn't have supported a conviction. That said, grand juries always,tehr0x0rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12837174315984980040noreply@blogger.com