then it wouldn’t be a grand jury, it would be a trial
Bingo.
We need less things going to grand juries. My position on this has been adamant for quite some time now.
Yes, there are some things that only a grand jury should take of (as I proffered above) but what if a district attorney has a beef with Republicans or likes to take situations involving police officers to grand juries, and situations involving civilians either directly to trial or not to trail at all?