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Originally Posted by combustiblefuel
I actually know that one of my head oddly enough. The whole 12 person grand jurors thing was started by King Henry II. It represented the 12 jurisdiction he governed. The Grand Jury was introduced to cut down on frivolous travel time if he wasn't actually needed.
Later King Henry III doubled it to 24 but resulted in too many ties so he cut it to 23. Back in the day this would have been the method. In todays Grand juries you need a supermajority(2/3 or 3/4 depends on jurisdiction) to get a Grand jury indictment making ties irrelevant in that sense. Even if you had a 12 jury vote 7- 5 to indict to charge it would still not be enough anyways as you would need 8 infavour for charging.
The one thing to note with this case and others that even if grand jury does not indict Kane that the prosecutor still can formally charge him afterwards if he feels he has enough evidence to proceed to trial anyway.
Just as a timeline reference for this case a Grand jury term in New York is around 4 weeks ( from when it starts) hearing the case.
Edit .. This is a good read to what to expect in a grand jury.
http://www.queensdefense.com/courtprocessnewyorkcity/ |
So four more weeks before he is charged or not. I wonder if he'll go to training camp while he's before a grand jury. My guess is no. It would be too much distraction. The team will either suspend him with pay or he will be granted personal leave (with pay).