Posted on 09/11/2023 6:21:45 AM PDT by CFW
In 1933 the UK did away with the grand jury system as did the rest of the common law AngloSphere world. We are the remaining exception. Why did they do it? Too easy to abuse as we are seeing right now. It’s a completely one-sided affair, the defense has no say. The grand jury only sees one side. It tilts the playing way against the accused, biases the jury pool when it’s time to come to trial. If “the state” has reason to call a grand jury it might as well do the trial where the defense has a say. The present system seems to do little for civil rights. Our fellow colleagues in the Anglo-Sphere came to that conclusion some time ago, it time we did!
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Yes, I hated it. I was a teenager at the time. My younger siblings liked it. I thought it was stupid.................
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