[IncPen]

But REAL juries. Where they are given ALL THE FACTS. Where they are able to VOTE THEIR CONSCIENCE. Where they don’t treat some homeless bum ANY DIFFERENT than they would treat some famous celebrity. Where the judge cannot order or threaten them in any way.

And when those things don't square, they nullify.

[djf]

What we have now is not so much failure of the jury system, I mean it does happen, but there is a worse problem.

Basically prosecutorial negligence. It’s entirely up to some DA to decide to file charges or not.

He can (and DOES!!) let things slide when it comes to his buds. Or like in Holders case, his home boys.

And it is up to a judge to decide to empower a grand jury, giving him almost entire control of whether charges ever even get to the DA.

Under the original construct of law (common law) in this country, anybody could start a grand jury. I think there is still one or two states where it doesn’t take a judge to start one.