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markpkessinger

(8,401 posts) Thu Dec 4, 2014, 03:27 PM Dec 2014

Of prosecutors, indictments . . . and ham sandwiches

The old axiom that, "a prosecutor could indict a ham sandwich if he wanted to," must now be assumed to carry an implied corollary: "If a prosecutor doesn't want to try a case, he could steer a grand jury away from indicting a Ted Bundy."

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Of prosecutors, indictments . . . and ham sandwiches (Original Post) markpkessinger Dec 2014 OP

and John Wayne Gacy marym625 Dec 2014 #1

marym625

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1. and John Wayne Gacy

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Thu Dec 4, 2014, 03:31 PM

Dec 2014

They thought we would accept the Grand Jury process as something real and true.

The whole damn system is guilty as hell.

#BlackLivedMatter

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