• halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    Oh look, once they have more relevant info the situation changes.

    A reminder that a grand jury is allowed to only be given info that helps the prosecution. They could receive absolutely nothing that exonerates the accused. It isn’t a trial, it’s a bare minimum check that the government isn’t wasting time and effort.

    It was rare (until this bumbling administration) for a grand jury to not indict, because federal prosecutors only bothered to go after cases they were sure would be won, resulting in a greater than 90% conviction rate.