this quote from a GJ member is new for me. tip o' the hat to princesspjs for the link
Trace Gallegher and Judge Andrew Napolitano w/ Shepard Smith
SS: shocking new developments after more than 16 years, the unsolved murder of the child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey gets a new twist. according to multiple reports the GJ in the case actually voted to indict the little girl's parents in her death. but the prosecutor at the time did not charge them, saying there wasn't enough evidence. of course JonBenet's murder became a media sensation back in 1996 after her father reportedly found her body in the basement on Christmas Day. John and Patsy Ramsey came under heavy suspicion but years later prosecutors cleared them of any invovlement. Patsy Ramsey died in 2006. the case is officially still on the books, still open. the former DA in this case who said we're not gonna charge anybody, saying nothing now
TG: AH says he can't say anything because under CO law GJ proceedings are secret, but almost 14 years later AH still stands very much behind his decision not to prosecute the Ramseys. but other CO prosecutors say even if the case was weak the DA is still obligated to sign an indictment and then, in open court for all to see, push to get the case dismissed. today on Studio B Judge Andrew Napolitano says he's never seen anything like it. listen:
AN: normally the prosecutor would not present evidence to the GJ unless the prosecutor really believed that the people against whom the evidence was presented committed the crime, and that the prosecutor had enough evidence with which to obtain a conviction
TG: the ADA under Alex Hunter said today that he also thought the case was weak but that two other prosecutors in the DA's office at the time, they wanted the Ramseys tried in court
SS: if the evidence was weak is it the normal course of events that they put it before a jury and let the jury decide?
TG: it is in fact exactly what you said, Shep, and the jury really said they wanted to indict because they thought the parents were involved. and you've got to remember, I mean, the GJ looked at this thing, they met for almost a year and a half, they went over 30,000 pages of reports, hundreds of pieces of evidence. and today a GJ member said, and I'm quoting here, we didn't know who did what, but we felt the adults in the house may have done something that they certainly could have prevented, or they could have helped her, and they didn't. now the DA who replaced AH said that she later found DNA evidence that exonerated the Ramseys but many experts have said that evidence is highly questionable. the police say if they get new evidence they will look at it