I know a little something about frustration when it comes to this case myself. Quite a lot about it. And as such, I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt with all that junk about "snake-oil salesmen, fantasy world, what we're all about" and all that and believe that you didn't really mean it the way it sounded because you're really a good guy.
And there is a lot of truth to what you say. At present I can't agree with the notion that AH wanted an indictment, but who knows what's in a man's heart?
But I don't get this "jury-tampering notion." Far as I know, I never claimed that (although having guys like LS and "Trip" choose the jurors does make my antennae crackle). I merely recalled that old saying about leaving justice in the hands of people too stupid to get out of jury duty. If the juror's actual quote isn't good enough for you, then I'm at a loss as to what else I can do.
All in all, I'm willing to call a truce if you are.
Okay, I will actually apologize for my wording.
I am not saying that most people on a jury are the brightest of the bright. I know better. As a matter of fact, I think most people in general are easy swayed by media or what someone else says versus actually trying to develop their own common sense. And that might be why they have issues in their own life.
In many cases a jury or in instances when a group of people are forced to work as a team, they surprise even themselves. They are given very specific direction on the law and follow that. In a Grand Jury, it is even more different. And it certainly does not have to be unanimous. Now, I don't know if they did a good or bad job. But this is a GJ, not a trial.
I think it is really safe to say, they did not have much of a case. At least at that point in time, I don't think it can be argued. Doing so makes it looks like personal bias. This could be for many reasons but most of it would have to fall to BPD and not the DA. I have read some materials where late in the game, the FBI and Hunter became real dejected. I won't put a whole lot of stock in it because too much useless information seems to be out on this case. But, yeah, I am pretty certain that Hunter felt the Ramsey's were under an umbrella of suspicion. I am also sure he wanted to wait.
There is lots of information about what was said and who testified. Is it true? I don't know. The RN was discussed. Fingernail DNA, which I understand that the FBI did get some good information out of. I see so much conflicting information that we all are just spinning our wheels here.
One other thing that I can tell you as fact is that I started reading here to learn a lot about the case. That was a big mistake. A lot of information is out there that seems pretty consistant. And it conflicts from Steve Thomas, the tabloids, and a lot of the threads here.