The questions no one asked St. Louis prosecutor Bob McCulloch

[eridani]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/25/1347320/-The-questions-no-one-asked-St-Louis-prosecutor-Bob-McCulloch

First, instead of asking McCulloch the vote breakdown, they might have asked him this:

Question: How many charges was the jury asked to consider, and how many would have needed to vote against any charge to keep it from becoming a "true bill" of indictment?

Answer: Infinite, and four

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Question: How many police officers have been indicted in shooting incidents since Bob McCulloch became prosecutor way back in 1991?

Answer: None

McCulloch is the son of a police officer who was shot in the line of duty. In his 24 years as prosecutor, he has never recommended charges against any police officer. How did that happen? It happened in large part because these cases are not handled like other cases.

Question: Had this been a completely different sort of incident, one in which an officer had been killed, would you have instructed the jury in the same way?

Answer: Oh, hell no.

In the majority of incidents—make that every other type of incident—McCulloch actively speaks with the jury, directing them in what to look for, discussing possible charges, clearing up issues, actively seeking an indictment. He didn't do that in this case.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

1. In a city with only 54 police officers

give or take a couple since my source was Wiki, there will be fewer prosecutions of any officers than in a larger department. It would be interesting to know what's the average prosecution rate for a town the size of Ferguson.

Anyone know?