Failing to reach a decision? No decision is a decision, right?
I’m hoping the barricades going up around the police headquarters indicates that the decision will be released this weekend or Monday. No telling, though.
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2014/11/barricades-going-up-in-clayton-mo-around-county-police-hq/
“Ferguson grand jury fails to reach decision on Darren Wilson indictment”
This is typical CNN garbage.
The GJ didn’t “fail” at anything, they simply went home for the weekend.
Well, that’s enough reason for a good Saturday night riot/shopping spree.
I was on a Federal Grand Jury for 18 months. The members of a GJ listen to the evidence presented and decide whether or not there is enough and the right evidence to take the case to trial. So......either the person is indicted or they are not. Simple as that.
Last night Rick Sanchez tweeted they had reached a decision and it would be announced Sunday. What a maroon.
Maybe they’re just strategically waiting for the next blizzard.
In other words, the cop is innocent, but the political pressure from the mob is scary.
I suspect that a number of Grand Jurors are sticking to their positions to indict or not. They are locked and cannot decide.
In a criminal case, this would create a mistrial and the State decides whether to try again with a different jury.
How does it work with a Grand Jury?
Any lawyers out there? Anyone with knowledge of Missouri law?
They are afraid to do the right thing and not indict him.
Breaking News! The sun rises in the East!
Big deal. They went home for the week. The judge probably has holiday plans so they won’t be back until the end of the month.
To slow the riots up a bit they will announce it Sunday morning when all of Holder’s people are in Church...............
Boarding up businesses and closing schools? Folks, we’ve already lost. The tribes have won.
A decision will be made Christmas Eve.
Just another reason Holder will indict Wilson for Civil Rights violation no matter the GJ results..
"Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law, 18 U.S.C. § 242. This provision makes it a crime for a person acting under color of any law to willfully deprive a person of a right or privilege protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States.
For the purpose of Section 242, acts under "color of law" include acts not only done by federal, state, or local officials within the their lawful authority, but also acts done beyond the bounds of that official's lawful authority, if the acts are done while the official is purporting to or pretending to act in the performance of his/her official duties. Persons acting under color of law within the meaning of this statute include police officers, prisons guards and other law enforcement officials, as well as judges, care providers in public health facilities, and others who are acting as public officials. It is not necessary that the crime be motivated by animus toward the race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin of the victim.
The offense is punishable by a range of imprisonment up to a life term, or the death penalty, depending upon the circumstances of the crime, and the resulting injury, if any."
I was watching the coverage today on Fox, mostly CNN. I asked them through the tv, why dont you go and ask if anybody is in the grand jury room?
I wasted my time listening for quite a while as they spoke as if they were in the building, turns out they never even came in today.
Took them until late in the day to discover that they never came in today.