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FiveThirtyEight reported this morning on just how rare it is for a grand jury not to indict someone given the evidence available: in 2010 (the most recent data available), 162,000 cases were pursued by U.S. attorneys, and just 11 failed to return indictments. While the case against Wilson was in state court and not federal, the idea of a prosecutor failing to win an indictment in a case with this much evidence to support both sides of the argument is hard to fathom. While officer-involved shootings are often the exception to the rule of automatically receiving an indictment, clearly this is an exceptional case. The National Bar Association believes that, indeed, there has been a gross miscarriage of justice here. Last night, they issued the following statement condemning the grand jury decision and calling for the U.S. Department of Justice to file federal charges against Wilson Meanwhile fires and arrests continue in Ferguson and media is being removed. Peace to you, Ferguson. Tonight is going to be another long night... complex/pop-culture/2014/11/national-bar-association-calls-for-federal-charges-against-darren-wilson
Posted on: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 21:40:37 +0000

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