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[–] 55 points 1 day ago (1 child)

lol at first i thought it was a regular trial jury deciding to aquit, but damn if a prosecutor can't get a grand jury to indict, lmao.

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  • [–] 50 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    For those unfamiliar: the "grand jury" looked at all the evidence presented by the cops and ruled "no crime has been committed here, we don't even need to have a trial (with a whole other trial jury) because we dont see any possibility of crime"

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  • [–] 36 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    In addition, "grand juries" are notoriously easy for prosecutors influence and get an indictment (basically a go-ahead to proceed to a jury trial). The saying among defense attorneys is that grand juries are so easy to persuade, even a mildy competent prosecutor could get a grand jury to 'indict a ham sandwich'.

    So if they weren't able to get it past a grand jury, they either had absolutely no case, screwed something up majorly in presentation, or these camera are extremely and universally unpopular.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 day ago

    Investigators, according to WKRC-TV in Cincinnati, identified Morelock after obtaining surveillance footage from other cameras near the scene as well as information linked to a credit card and a customer rewards account.

    Sounds like they had enough evidence -- I'm betting it's the "universally unpopular" explanation.

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  • [–] 30 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    first the guy who threw a sandwich, now this.

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  • [–] 36 points 1 day ago

    free-real-estate It's free solar panels and sometimes batteries.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    So each Flock camera is worth $1000 or did he take out multiple cameras. That seems grossly inflated right.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 day ago

    Each one is basically a camera, an android (iirc) phone, a solar panel, and a battery of some sort. Thousand bucks sounds right, with the current price of things. Heck of a steal just laying around out there on the side of the road.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 day ago

    Interesting. Unfortunately short on details, so I'm going to assume the case was dismissed due to mishandled or lack of evidence, rather than the grand jury deciding dismantling stalking devices isn't a criminal offense.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 day ago

    Watch them try to have a retrial until they can get a grand jury that will indict.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    who would win in a fight, florida man or ohio man

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