• Hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    24 hours ago

    Grand juries are entirely one sided. The prosecutor tries to convince the jury. There is no defense. There is no one there to dispute anything the prosecutor says.

    There’s a saying that a grand jury would indict a ham sandwich. Grand juries aren’t an effective barrier to frivolous law enforcement. Any prosecutor can convince a grand jury on anything. Those who can’t, don’t stay prosecutors for long.