Not exactly. The state court grand jury no-billed, not the same as a "local DA deciding..."philip964 wrote:http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/juro ... d-35720642
Ex Deputy found not guilty of lying to a judge to get a no knock warrant. This was a federal trial, the local DA decided her work was sloppy but did not rise to the level of a crime.
Other articles I saw have titles like County refuses to pay medical bills of injured infant.
The child has received an almost one million dollar settlement from one county in this multi county raid.
Child still needs more surgery.
Another casualty in the war on drugs.
I have learned during 40 years as a lawyer that it is virtually impossible to arrive at firm accurate conclusions about the outcome of a trial unless you were in the courtroom to observe the evidence, the witnesses, the arguments, etc.
Everyone of a certain age is familiar with the OJ Simpson murder trial, and most have an opinion about the outcome, since almost the entire proceeding was televised for all to see. It's a good example of the burden of the state to prove its case by evidence beyond a reasonable doubt. Unhappily, the prosecutors did such a poor job of it, and the defense was able to exploit those lapses, that the jury was fully justified in not believing some of the evidence, and Simpson was acquitted.
