FERGUSON

[Heywood]

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.

I seem to recall reading somewhere that the transcripts from this grand jury were released. You can certainly find portions of it online. DeistPaladin seems to think the prosecutor acted like a defense attorney. Where else could he get that impression except for reading Grand Jury transcripts? I don't know a whole lot about the Grand Jury process but from reading news stories and your posts it would seem this Grand Jury was more transparent than the usual.