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The Grand Jury Voting on One Case Every 52 Seconds

Magna Carta Holy Crap

A panel in North Carolina handed down 276 indictments in just four hours. This spits on 800 years of protection against unjust prosecution.

A remarkable story out of North Carolina this weekend raises a question worth discussing 799 years after the signing of the Magna Carta: Has the grand jury outlived its usefulness in our criminal justice systems? Have communities become too large, have people become too busy, have lawmakers ratified too many...

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