Why Grand Juries Don’t Indict Cops when they Kill
Why Grand Juries Don’t Indict Cops when they Kill The grand juries that decided not to indict officers Darren Wilson and Daniel Pantaleo are part of a system enshrined in the Constitution. The framers considered the grand jury an important check on government power. But now there is growing criticism that government prosecutors can hijack the system to get results they want. “The system is under the complete control, under the thumb, of prosecutors,” said the Cato Institute’s Timothy Lynch, who co-authored a 2003 scathing analysis: “A Grand Façade: How the Grand Jury was Captured by Government.” “If they want… Continue reading
