Posted on 01/27/2013 12:05:08 PM PST by drewh
Posted: 01/27/2013 Last Updated: 10 minutes ago
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BOULDER, Colo. - A grand jury investigating Jonbenet Ramsey's death voted to indict her parents on child abuse resulting in death in 1999, according to an exclusive report by our partners at The Boulder Daily Camera.
However, then-Boulder County District Attorney Alex Hunter refused to sign the indictment and prosecute the case, the Camera reports. Hunter reportedly believed he could not prove beyond a reasonable doubt.
The 6-year-old beauty queen was found dead in her home on Christmas night in 1996.
Police initially suspected family members, including her parents, John and Patsy Ramsey, and her brother, Burke.
But in 2008, District Attorney Mary Lacy cleared Jonbenet's parents and brother based on updated DNA analysis.
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LOL! Yeah, I agree.
” ... odd is that the DA would take the case to a Grand Jury if he did not consider the evidence adequate to go to trial in the first place.”
That caught my attention, too. It could be that it was brought to the GJ by a prior DA? My memory is that there were a couple of DAs over the course of this story that went on for years.
“I never once, not even for a second, believed that either parent were involved.”
Then you didn’t pay attention. They were guilty as Hell.
From FOX
“....”We didn’t know who did what,” one juror told the newspaper. “But we felt the adults in the house may have done something that they certainly could have prevented, or they could have helped her, and they didn’t.”
I have never believed the Ramseys were guilty
I think JonBenet died accidentally, perhaps from horsing around with her brother, and the parents flipped out and tried to make it look like an abduction/murder. My guess is that Patsy wrote the “ransom note” in an attempt to cover their tracks. But with Patsy now deceased, unless the father or brother talk, the whole story will never be known.
Typically a Grand Jury is impaneled for only a specific period. Generally 90 days.
The GJ will then meet only once a week and then only if the Prosecutor has a case for them to review.
Only on rare occasions is a special GJ empanelled for a specific case that will be seated long term.
Judges are reluctant to seat a special GD because it is a great imposition on people’s time and it is difficult for people to remain impartial on such cases today because of all of the news coverage of such a case.
A prosecutor could certainly take the same case to a GJ more than once. If more than one prosecutor worked the case it certainly could have gone before different GJs.
ok, I have a memory, tho, of a former co-worker who’d been called for jury duty that evolved into being asked to serve on a Grand Jury and she was to serve on it for 18 months which about drove her over the edge.
The problem here is that the grand jury is presented one side of the case, which was not even for the murder of Jon Benet.
The problem here is that the grand jury is presented one side of the case, which was not even for the murder of Jon Benet.
Thailand????
( running for cover, but someone had to say it:). )
You live in a different state so the time period could be different. I just can’t imagine the county imposing on a citizen’s time for that long a period for just a common GJ.
I didn't as well. I believe the Boulder P.D. botched the investigation from the outset and then tried to blame the parents. Renowned FBI criminal profiler John Douglas in his book "The Cases That Haunt Us" painted a pretty compelling picture that the parents had nothing to do with her murder. After reading it, I believe him.
This was in NYC maybe 30 years ago. But I do remember her going absolutely nuts at the thought of the 18 mo GJ. It may have met only 1-2 days a week. Honestly, I can’t remember the details beyond her reaction to 18 months.
She’d been called for a regular jury duty then made the mistake of greeting one of the attorneys she knew, so she got kicked out of that jury pool and into the GJ.
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