I used to work for a District Attorney here in my city and I worked Grand Jury - the GJ has a wide leeway to hear any and all evidence that the LE/State's attorney wants to present. There is no "defense" objecting to evidence, fighting to get evidence thrown out, etc. The GJ will hear testimony from many, many witnesses that the SA wants to put in front of them to make sure they get a "true bill" which will bind them over to stand trial once formal charges are brought. Also, GJ members have the option of asking to hear testimony or see evidence from anyone they deem necessary to answer any questions THEY may have. Like I say, it is a wide berth to hear MUCHO evidence that LE has.
There is NO WAY a GJ won't indict KC.
Exactly - a GJ looks at the evidence presented and has to decide basically, "is there any possible way a reasonable and fair jury could find this person guilty" - and if they think yes, there's an indictment.
Usually this is just used to weed out really unfair/bias charges - like the only evidence was a black man in a white neighborhood. Clearly not enough for a charge.
But in a GJ there are no evidence rules either - so hearsay is admissible, so all of those things her friends said can be admitted without corroboration... so the jury will hear about her pasta cooking from TL, her dislike of Cindy, etc.
JB definitely knew because I bet CA, GA, and LA are subpoenaed. Tim Miller probably too - they have to give you enough time to get down there, so he was probably being a GREAT citizen and just saying he was coming back rather than he had to come back to testify.
GJ are in secret - you'll never find out who the jurors were, and they'll never release the witness list. Sometimes it goes as far as random times of day or night if its a super sensitive case, b/c some witnesses could be afraid to testify - and since the accused is not locked up yet, theres a huge danger to talking witnesses.
But yeah whoever said a GJ will indict a ham sandwich - cooooorrrect! :dance::dance::dance::dance:
