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bucolic_frolic

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8. Grand juries are seated for long periods because they know the nuance of the law

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Original post)

Thu Sep 30, 2021, 01:13 PM

Sep 2021

I can't estimate if laws will be better fitted to charges by ad hoc groups of citizens. Sounds to me like it is passing power to less informed people. Sovereign citizen grand juries? Call me skeptical that this is an improvement.

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The Kansas case that could change how rape is charged [View all] Jilly_in_VA Sep 2021 OP

Sounds scary as hell...... getagrip_already Sep 2021 #1

Sounds like DIY grand jury and probably not a good idea. Too easy to be abused. Thomas Hurt Sep 2021 #2

How Old Crank Sep 2021 #9

Easily Jerry2144 Sep 2021 #12

Yeah, I'm with you on this MissMillie Sep 2021 #3

Not just can't prove... Whatthe_Firetruck Sep 2021 #14

true enough MissMillie Sep 2021 #15

Who decides who is on the "jury?" 3Hotdogs Sep 2021 #5

There is this Old Crank Sep 2021 #10

I believe an accurate description of this... ret5hd Sep 2021 #6

I had read about this case Jilly_in_VA Sep 2021 #4

Rape isn't charged often when it should be...What miserable prosecutor...immature sex...I guess Demsrule86 Sep 2021 #7

Kansass Jilly_in_VA Sep 2021 #13

Grand juries are seated for long periods because they know the nuance of the law bucolic_frolic Sep 2021 #8

Doesn't really change the way rape per se is charged ToxMarz Sep 2021 #11