(December 5, 2014 at 6:49 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: The grand jury process is flawed in that it allows the local prosecutor to sculpt the presented evidence, as you yourself have noted. Clearly, there should be a more objective means for handling deaths caused by government agents.
I wanted to address this earlier, but didn't have time so here goes.
Yes the grand jury process can be manipulated because the prosecutor has control over what evidence that is presented. They manipulate the jury by only presenting the evidence they want the jury to hear. Doing this would be unethical. I even pointed out earlier in this thread that prosecutors are ethically bound to present evidence of innocence as well as guilt to a grand jury earlier in thread after being told that the prosecutor should have manipulated the jury in order to get the desired outcome. That would be in my opinion unethical.
I have yet to see any evidence that the prosecutor did anything like that in this case. As far as I can tell the prosecutor presented all the available evidence including conflicting eye witness accounts and the physical evidence. This is exactly what they should do. Not manipulate the jury by leaving out the parts that might sway the jury in the other direction. So if anyone can point out how the prosecutor manipulated the jury please be my guest.
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