(November 25, 2014 at 4:46 pm)Heywood Wrote: I agree with you that the Grand Jury process can be manipulated by the prosecutor.....but pretty much any process can be manipulated.
The fact that it's conducted in secret makes it a hell of a lot easier than say, a preliminary hearing. I wouldn't go so far as to make a Star Chamber analogy, but justice conducted without oversight and transparency seems to be no justice at all, and is reminiscent of why the Star Chamber was a very bad thing.
As it stands, we'll never know what was presented to the grand jury. Had the process been more transparent, we might still have the mob reaction, but *at least* the public would have an opportunity to make an informed decision based on what was presented.
