Federal grand juries indict at a 99.99% rate — 'a grand jury would indict a ham sandwich' — but decline to indict police officers — documented evidence
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Federal grand juries return indictments 99.99% of the time — out of 162,000 federal cases in 2010, grand juries declined to indict only 11. NY Chief Judge Sol Wachtler's famous quote about indicting a ham sandwich captures the reality: prosecutors control the process, present only their evidence, and face no adversarial challenge. Yet the same grand juries routinely decline to indict police officers in use-of-force cases, exposing a glaring double standard in the system.

Federal grand juries indict at a 99.99% rate — 'a grand jury would indict a ham sandwich' — but decline to indict police officers

LEGAL·January 31, 1985·By Chief Judge Sol Wachtler·2.1K upvotes·54 comments
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A grand jury would indict a ham sandwich. Unless that ham sandwich is wearing a badge.
Chief Judge Sol WachtlerJanuary 31, 1985Source

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