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"You are who you are on your worst day, Durkon. Anything less is a comforting lie you tell yourself to numb the pain." - Evil
"You're trying to be Lawful Good. People forget how crucial it is to keep trying, even if they screw it up now and then." - Good
Are you folks familiar with the old lawyer's joke about a grand jury indicting a ham sandwich?
In theory, a grand jury is supposed to evaluate the district attorney's case and judge whether or not they have sufficient cause to prosecute.
In practice, however, a grand jury is really nothing more than a "rubber stamp" for the prosecution.
Only the prosecuting attorney gets to present evidence to the grand jury. Because the grand jury only hears one side of the case, it is usually a foregone conclusion that they will indict.
In New York City, prosecutors have a slang term, "runaway train," referring to a grand jury that asks too many questions, demands too much detail on the law, and takes forever - that is, longer than three minutes - to indict a defendant.
The old lawyer's joke is that by the time a grand jury finishes its term of service, they would indict a ham sandwich if the prosecutor asked them to.
So it really says something that the grand jury outright refused to indict the McDonald's employee.
"Well, the good news is that no matter who wins, you all lose."
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