No. of Recommendations: 21
The speed that the Grand Jury acted, would indicate an open and shut case.
No, it doesn't.
It is beyond easy to get an indictment from a grand jury. All the presumptions, and all the procedural rules, lean in favor of the prosecution. That's why the other thread has the "ham sandwich" in it - a reference to the old adage that a prosecutor could get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich, if he was so inclined.
The grand jury is not there to decide the merits of a case. Only to determine if there's sufficient probable cause.
Actually, what's probably more indicative of the weakness of the case is that the DOJ failed to get an indictment on one of the three counts they brought forward. Again, given how easy it is to get indictments from a grand jury, that's not the sign of a strong case.
