mysteriew
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I am thinking they will not have them there testifying together at the same time, that way if there are differences in their stories they can ask them to further explain. Of course Drew has a lawyer there and that individual reports to Drew if Drew hired them. I wish the state would have provided boys with an attorney since they gave them immunity. That way the GJ testimony really would not get back to Drew.
JMHO
It is my understanding that when a person goes into the GJ they don't take an attorney with them. That the only people allowed in the GJ is the prosecutor, the jury and the witness. Am I correct in my understanding?
The witness can obtain legal counsel prior to the GJ testimony and the attorney can instruct the witness to plead the 5th if they feel the testimony will incriminate them. But I think the attorney stays in the hall during the testimony.
Which is part of what makes the boys getting immunity so curious. Unless they felt that something they said would incriminate them, they couldn't plead the 5th. A witness cannot plead the 5th to protect someone else. And a witness isn't given immunity except when it is suspected or known that they have done something wrong.
So it looks like the boys are involved in this to some extent. Are they being given protection because they lied to police before? Or did he somehow directly involve those boys???
And how did DrewP and JAB postpone their testimony? What are acceptable excuses for postponing GJ testimony?