A fringe website featured the purported names and addresses of the Fulton County grand jury that indicted Trump and 18 others for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

  • 4am@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Georgia law is that grand jurors names are public.

    Yeah, pretty naive. Or evil. Maybe both?

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      It prevents loading the jury to get a specific outcome. That said, it should come with protection or a delay or something.

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        Not saying it is, but showing me, a regular citizen, these names convinces me the jury wasn’t loaded? Does the defendant have no role in Grand jury selection?

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      I didn’t know that. I wish they had a process for applying to redact, for cases like this :(

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        Pretty sure grand Jurors are professionals in most if not all common law states.

        A couple of the peoples titles on the list pointed me towards that they are.

        Edit: I’m pretty certain I’m wrong. There’s something else I must be confusing it with