Posted on 09/11/2015 5:11:46 AM PDT by rellimpank
Cook County prosecutors have been avoiding judges in the early stage of gun cases — opting to have grand juries approve their charges — to make sure the defendants are headed to trial, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned.
In a major policy shift, State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez ordered her prosecutors to present felony gun-possession cases to grand juries about a month and a half ago. In the past, they typically brought those cases before judges in preliminary hearings.
Grand juries and judges can both decide if probable cause exists for a defendant to go to trial. But grand juries almost always agree with prosecutors and indict the defendant, while judges are less predictable, according to officials in the state’s attorney’s office.
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I bet that judges up there are more apt to apply recent Supreme Court decisions to gun-possession cases, and so the prosecutors are turning to grand juries to do what some judges won’t do.
No great surprise, with all the LOSSES in the courts regarding gun rights, Illinois gun grabbers will do everything they can to circumvent the law and hopefully bankrupt the potential defendants into submission.
People living in liberal hellholes either need to move or embrace their subservience. What they also need to do is stop complaining about situations they can change. Because they can. They just ‘won’t’.
Secure your Deli Ham, the prosecutors are on the prowl.
People living in liberal hellholes either need to move or embrace their subservience. What they also need to do is stop complaining about situations they can change. Because they can. They just ‘won’t’.
Really!! Illinois has a population of about 20million 10Million live in Shitcago and 5 million live in East St, Louis. What exactly is it that the other 5 million normal people can do tho change that fact??? As soon as I retire I’m out of here.
“What exactly is it that the other 5 million normal people can do tho change that fact???”
Move.
That’s oppressive and abusive. Here, a politicized prosecutor is forum shopping—something that litigants are told they shouldn’t do.
The only FReepers left in IL, CA and NY should be those that can’t move for what ever reason.
It’s Illinois - judges can be bought; grand juries, not so much.
Giving up doesn’t help.....it only creates more liberal bastions. The opposite needs to be done. Stand and fight.
Conservatives should learn from liberals how to win.....never give up.
Well best of luck when the ferals come knoccking.
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