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Reply #29: I have a question: Does the decision to indight have to be unanimous? [View All]

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Crachet2004 Donating Member (725 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 08:14 AM
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29. I have a question: Does the decision to indight have to be unanimous?
Can there be a 'hung' Grand Jury? Look, the reason I ask, is that if a typical cross-section of the population in this country is chosen to serve a term on the jury, at least one or two are going to be completely boneheaded and intractable freeper-type idiots, who will never surrender.

What happens if, in the face of overwhelming evidence and against ALL commonsense, a couple of jurors refuse to indight? What happens then?

When the population becomes politically polarized, does'nt it become impossible for any grand jury process to work, if the outcome is sure to impact in a negative way on one of the political parties-in this case, the GOP?
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