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Tony Stewart's Case Goes to Grand Jury...

http://wishtv.com/2014/09/16/tony-stewarts-case-heads-to-grand-jury/

The evidence will go to a grand jury to determine if charges will be filed.

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Re: Tony Stewart's Case Goes to Grand Jury...

Should be interesting.

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Re: Tony Stewart's Case Goes to Grand Jury...

Normal in a high profile case. This way all the Tony Stewart haters can't lay blame on the poor DA when he doesn't file charges. we have seen here on this BB how over the top irrational some of the people here can get.

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Re: Tony Stewart's Case Goes to Grand Jury...

See what they say. I don't believe they will bring charges though
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On 9/16/2014 happy housewife said:

Normal in a high profile case. This way all the Tony Stewart haters can't lay blame on the poor DA when he doesn't file charges. we have seen here on this BB how over the top irrational some of the people here can get.

The DA's office job is to present the evidence to the grand jury. He is acting as the prosecutor before the grand jury as they determine what (if any) charges to place.

The grand jury will be the ones handing down an indictment indicting (filing charges). The DA will be presenting the evidence & the possible charges they can indict him on.

He could have just said that upon review, there is no basis to charge him with anything. That would have ended that. It happens all the time when DAs don't think they have enough evidence to make a case. The DA didn't do that.

He is continuing the case...

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On 9/16/2014 terrier3 said:
On 9/16/2014 happy housewife said:

Normal in a high profile case. This way all the Tony Stewart haters can't lay blame on the poor DA when he doesn't file charges. we have seen here on this BB how over the top irrational some of the people here can get.

The DA's office job is to present the evidence to the grand jury. He is acting as the prosecutor before the grand jury as they determine what (if any) charges to place.

The grand jury will be the ones handing down an indictment indicting (filing charges). The DA will be presenting the evidence & the possible charges they can indict him on.

He could have just said that upon review, there is no basis to charge him with anything. That would have ended that. It happens all the time when DAs don't think they have enough evidence to make a case. The DA didn't do that.

He is continuing the case...

DAs have to be re -elected. A local boy died. I honestly think there is no evidence to support bringing charges but the DA has to cover his behind because it will come up at election time if he doesn't.

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Re: Tony Stewart's Case Goes to Grand Jury...

On 9/16/2014 happy housewife said:
On 9/16/2014 terrier3 said:
On 9/16/2014 happy housewife said:

Normal in a high profile case. This way all the Tony Stewart haters can't lay blame on the poor DA when he doesn't file charges. we have seen here on this BB how over the top irrational some of the people here can get.

The DA's office job is to present the evidence to the grand jury. He is acting as the prosecutor before the grand jury as they determine what (if any) charges to place.

The grand jury will be the ones handing down an indictment indicting (filing charges). The DA will be presenting the evidence & the possible charges they can indict him on.

He could have just said that upon review, there is no basis to charge him with anything. That would have ended that. It happens all the time when DAs don't think they have enough evidence to make a case. The DA didn't do that.

He is continuing the case...

DAs have to be re -elected. A local boy died. I honestly think there is no evidence to support bringing charges but the DA has to cover his behind because it will come up at election time if he doesn't.

FYI - The driver was from about 2 and a half hour's drive away from Canandaigua NY. He wasn't a "local boy." He was from upstate NY, but didn't live in the county where the track is located. He wasn't "local" as far as the DA and his potential voters were concerned.

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Re: Tony Stewart's Case Goes to Grand Jury...

Every case isn't brought before the grand jury by the DA; this DA wimped out.


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Re: Tony Stewart's Case Goes to Grand Jury...

On 9/16/2014 Moonlady said: Every case isn't brought before the grand jury by the DA; this DA wimped out.

"Wimped out" which way?

Because he didn't just press charges himself? Because he didn't just exonerate him?

Now he will be acting as a prosecutor, presenting the evidence and the case to indict to the grand jury for their vote.


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Re: Tony Stewart's Case Goes to Grand Jury...

I would think this is just a formality and is being done because of the high case profile. I doubt Tony will be indicted by a grand jury. JMO. It was an accident that was created when a young man chose to leave his car and run on to the race track.

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