Posted on 10/18/2014 6:39:32 PM PDT by Morgana
A grand jury will always indict unless the prosecutor specifically opens the door to a no true bill by permitting exculpatory evidence and open debate. A prosecutor does that when he’s afraid of the trial and wants a way out.
If the St. Louis County grand jury does no true bill, than the US Department of Justice is going to face a real problem. Sure, they can push the civil rights indictment through the grand jury — but the trial will before a petit jury drawn from the Eastern Division jury pool: considerably whiter and more conservative than the St. Louis County jury pool, and already thoroughly imbued with knowledge of the St. Louis County no true bill.
My guess is that the Feds do not prosecute unless they think that there is drop-dead evidence that the state didn’t present to the St. Louis County grand jury.
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