Editorial of The New York Sun | May 30, 2020
The tragedy in Minneapolis has certainly put Senator Amy Klobuchar on the spot. She is, or has been, a front runner to be Joe Biden's running mate. She is also the ex-prosecutor in the Missouri County that includes the city where a police officer is accused of murdering Floyd George. It turns out that in 2006 Ms. Klobuchar once had the accused killer, Officer Derek Chauvin, in her sights in an unrelated killing by police, but no charges were handed up.
It’s one thing for Ms. Klobuchar to point out that she had already moved up to the Senate by the time the grand jury balked at indicting Officer Chauvin in the 2006 case. Fair enough. It’s another thing, though, for her to blame the grand jury system itself..............
This is a moment to ask — yet again
— the question: What is a grand jury? The answer we feature is that a
grand jury is a right. The right is vouchsafed at the federal level by
the Fifth Amendment, which says: “No person shall be held to answer for a
capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or
indictment of a grand jury.” The Fifth allows for exceptions in cases
arising in the land or naval forces during a war.............. Continue Reading
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