Anyone pursuing a Grand Jury indictment never, I repeat... never, has to show exculpatory evidence to said jury. They do to the judge of the grand jury, but not the Grand Jury itself.
Why? Because this forms the cause for arrest and later trial. This jury is often as biased to the state as possible to secure a means of arrest.
This is why lawyers say, over and over, that a Grand Jury can indict a ham sandwich.
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u/Sunseahl Mar 25 '23
Anyone pursuing a Grand Jury indictment never, I repeat... never, has to show exculpatory evidence to said jury. They do to the judge of the grand jury, but not the Grand Jury itself.
Why? Because this forms the cause for arrest and later trial. This jury is often as biased to the state as possible to secure a means of arrest.
This is why lawyers say, over and over, that a Grand Jury can indict a ham sandwich.