01-27-2014, 09:28 PM
(01-23-2014, 08:37 AM)SIXFOOTERsez Wrote: Need to hang that stupid jackass
Good news today.
The prosecutors resubmitted the case, without amending the charge, to a full panel Grand Jury and received the indictment of Kerrick for voluntary manslaughter.
Kerrick's lawyers are contending that it was improper for the prosecution to resubmit the case after the first Grand Jury failed to indict on the same charges; the law says that a Grand Jury can be comprised of between 12 and 18 panelists. The first Grand Jury presumably fell somewhere in between in number and the one today had a full 18.
Kerrick's lawyers also contend that the prosecutor's public statements about not reducing charges could have influenced the next Grand Jury.
Honestly, I don't know for sure if the arguments of Kerrick's lawyers hold any merit, but from following other cases, I think resubmitting a case to another Grand Jury is neither considered improper nor illegal. I think the defense is grasping at straws and was really counting on a lesser charge being submitted.
I'm happy for the family of Jonathan Ferrell today.