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Originally Posted by Kevin
Assuming the evidence is the same, assuming the grand jury didn't blow it, I would anticipate any civil rights charges to go down on summary judgment (if it's a civil charge) or in some sort of pretrial motion if it's a criminal charge, in that Wilson had qualified immunity in that he was performing his duties when he shot Brown.
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Quite possibly. Still, I'll be more surprised if civil rights charges are not brought than if they are.
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Originally Posted by TonyB06
MysticCat, a question. I've seen legal commentary on several networks discussing basically a "data dump," by the prosecutor, giving all the evidence to the grand jury and letting them sort it out rather than guiding them to the charge he wanted or thought most appropriate.
Except for a Ferguson police union representative, all the legal eagles I saw though the behavior quite odd and out of form for the role of a prosecutor in a grand jury setting. Your thoughts?
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I'm probably not the best one to ask, as criminal law hasn't been a large part of my practice. It did sound a little odd to me, but my experience with grand juries is nill. Kevin might know more.
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