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To: mathprof

The grand jury apparently has some reason to charge them. Think I'll wait for the actual evidence to come out instead of listening to the spin of defense attorneys and the prosecutor.


16 posted on 04/18/2006 6:55:34 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
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To: cripplecreek

I am not sure of the DA's responsibilities in a grand jury setting -- his job is to present evidence a crime took place, and by whom, and not to develop a defense. But in this case, if the DA had been presented with alibi evidence and ignored it, he might have a problem. It's one thing to present a clear prima facie case; it's another to ignore exculpatory evidence.


24 posted on 04/18/2006 6:59:10 AM PDT by maximusaurelius
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To: cripplecreek

[The grand jury apparently has some reason to charge them. Think I'll wait for the actual evidence to come out instead of listening to the spin of defense attorneys and the prosecutor.]

Good advice.


68 posted on 04/18/2006 7:26:07 AM PDT by JeffersonRepublic.com (There is no truth in the news, and no news in the truth.)
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To: cripplecreek

I read today that Grand Juries bring 97% indictments....a prosecutors playground.


179 posted on 04/18/2006 9:28:54 PM PDT by TheLion
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