Michael Brown

[Lictor]

Originally Posted by Duckwalk [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

God damn iPhone.

Witness testimony is available to the Grand Jury. Those eye witness reports are available to the Grand Jury. I think you're missing the point I'm making.

The Prosecutor controls the inquiry and although the Grand Jury can ask to speak to people it's the Prosector who decided which evidence to present.

If this was a private citizen, the indictment would have taken an hour or two as there is easily enough evidence indict based on witness testimony alone. The Grand Jury can literally ask the Prosecutor what to do.

However, this was not the case here. The potential defendant was afforded numerous rights essentially never given out to private citizens. The DA basicslly put on the defenses case for them.

The issue is that a Grand Jury is not adversarial. There is a reason so few police officers are indicted.

This is essentially the problem. It is hard to explain it to someone not familiar with the legal system. Unless MO is vastly diff than texas criminal procedure it is not hard to see why this is the result.

In dallas county (TX) alone last fiscal year, 81 officer involved shootings were brought to a grand jury, only one was indicted.