Valnerion@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agoMan who shot a British woman in Texas after 'arguing about Donald Trump' won’t face criminal charges. A grand jury declined to indict him.www.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1494
arrow-up1494external-linkMan who shot a British woman in Texas after 'arguing about Donald Trump' won’t face criminal charges. A grand jury declined to indict him.www.bbc.comValnerion@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square58fedilink
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·edit-22 months agoGrand jury, not regular jury, which likely consists of rich white men that’s a holdover from Jim crow. Prosecutors who agree with the defendent and intentionally try for charges they know won’t stay. Texas.
Grand jury, not regular jury, which likely consists of rich white men that’s a holdover from Jim crow. Prosecutors who agree with the defendent and intentionally try for charges they know won’t stay. Texas.