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Forum Name: old depo and interview threads
Topic ID: 32
Message ID: 4
#4, RE: Thomas depo 15 - GJ straw poll
Posted by Notso on May-17-03 at 10:34 AM
In response to message #3
Not so, Slapfish. ST was being honest when he said he did not know if the GJ voted to indict or not. To this day, if everyone has adhered to the secrecy of the GJ, nobody outside the grand jurors themselves, Hunter and the other prosecutors, and possibly some inside the DA's office know what the grand jurors did.

What we do know is that Hunter said there would be no indictments at that time. He didn't say there was a straw vote, he didn't say the grand jurors had even taken a vote. It is wrong to simply assume that because Hunter said there would be no indictment that it was the decision of the grand jurors. Rumors are not facts, and Hunter himself could have made the decision not to indict. It is also not known whether the other prosecutors agreed with him. One might question whether Kane did in fact agree with the decision, but Hunter had the final word.

I don't know if the GJ voted to indict. Do you? If so, how do you know? Assumptions don't count.