Fossy@programming.dev to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-218 days agoTIL that a man killed his daughter in Texas after arguing about Donald Trump. The local jury refused to indict him. He was immediatly released.abc6onyourside.comexternal-linkmessage-square233linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that a man killed his daughter in Texas after arguing about Donald Trump. The local jury refused to indict him. He was immediatly released.abc6onyourside.comFossy@programming.dev to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-218 days agomessage-square233linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
minus-squarefake@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoGiven that grand jury indictment rates are like >90%, what’s actually being achieved here?
minus-squareZannsolo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoThat’s probably a pretty good rate considering probable cause is the bar.
minus-squarefake@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoAlso given there’s no defence, I should hope they could almost always win a completely uncontested review of evidence.
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days ago+/-10% of cases with bullshit evidence aren’t going to trial
Given that grand jury indictment rates are like >90%, what’s actually being achieved here?
That’s probably a pretty good rate considering probable cause is the bar.
Also given there’s no defence, I should hope they could almost always win a completely uncontested review of evidence.
+/-10% of cases with bullshit evidence aren’t going to trial