Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Grand jury refuses to indict.

Here are the "no bill" lists returned by the Hinds County grand jury this year.  A prosecutor presents a case to the grand jury.  The grand jury will return either a true bill (indictment) or no bill (no indictment) for the suspect.  The first two pages are from the most recent meeting of the grand jury and have generated no small amount of controversy downtown because the media has usually failed to examine such lists.  Some observations:

The grand jury returned declined to indict eight cases prepared by Clinton PD.  Someone made this comment on the "Hoods in Northeast Jackson" post yesterday:

Anonymous said... It's Jackson Police Department all the way. When was the last time a the DA failed to get an indictment if a suspect arrested in Clinton? Ever? Its because Clinton PD builds solid cases and collect and preserve evidence. JPD brings garbage cases and constantly fails to gather or preserve evidence. October 14, 2014 at 2:30 PM


 Oops.  Remember the Injun store owners (The East Indian variety) who were busted with opium, guns, and stolen merchandise? (Video) They were no billed.  Three suspects accused of murder.  Northeast Jackson hood and suspected burglar Frank Williams got his second no bill this year.  Some of the cases are hard to get indictments such as domestic violence and gratification of lust as the parents of victims do not want to allow their children to testify or the victims don't want to testify as well.  However, the list of no bills is disturbing.  The Street Committee says certain judges as well as the D.A.'s office are not happy about this WLBT story:



20 comments:

Anonymous said...

I have not seen that piece from WLBT. This is downright disturbing.

Anonymous said...

Do they let us white devils off the hook too or is it just the minorities?

Anonymous said...

Good to see murderers and kidnappers back on the streets where they belong.

Anonymous said...

everyone blames this on JPD or the DA or whoever. The true fault lies with all of you people that do everything you possibly can to get out of jury duty. It wasn't very long ago that it was an honor to serve on a jury. Now, the majority of my peers avoid it like Obola.

Anonymous said...

We need a new DA. Someone who gives a crap and, you know, shows up for work.

Anonymous said...

Hinds County ... A World of Indifference!

Anonymous said...

Im sure many of these are not circumstantial. Possession of stolen items is pretty clear...ONE HAD THE SHIT IN THEIR HANDS AT TIME OF ARREST. Uttering Forgery...they have your signature and a witness. Im curious...in a grand jury you don't need all your ducks in a row for an indictment...there is no defense council, so whats the problem?????

Anonymous said...

My boyfriend showed up for jury duty Monday and Tuesday. They were all let go Tuesday because apparently no cases went forward.

Anonymous said...

@9:04a.m.

You are right, Robert Smith is never at the courthouse. In the over 25 years that I have been practicing criminal law, I have never seen a DA be so uninvolved with his office.

Its time for a change.

Anonymous said...

Anyone that wishes to live should get out of Hinds county asap. Forget about all the money that will be lost from having to give away your home for for 10 cents on the dollar. It is hard to put a price on the lives of you and your family. When the legal system is totally gone , all is lost forever.

Anonymous said...

9:29 am You seem to believe that none of these criminals can cross a county line!

Are you nuts as well as grammatically challenged?

Oh, and do keep supporting across the board budget cuts instead of targeted budget cuts so we can keep cutting CDC, the military and ( drum roll) law enforcement the same as corporate subsidies.

Anonymous said...

People have been saying what ^@9:29 is saying for 25 years.

We're still here.

Anonymous said...

@ 10:57

The difference is Guest will go to court and keep the perps in jail. He will also tout it across the media to get the message across. Obviously, the perps have figured this out and know they can do the crime in Hinds county and not do the time.

@ 11:18

Yep, and looks at the change in demographics in the last 25 years. People are fleeing more than they are coming in and have been for that long.

Anonymous said...

Can Guest become the TriCounty DA or no?

Anonymous said...

"Oh, and do keep supporting across the board budget cuts instead of targeted budget cuts so we can keep cutting CDC, the military and ( drum roll) law enforcement the same as corporate subsidies. "

Sorry, Skippy. Neither the City of Jackson nor Hinds County fund or are responsible for running the CDC or the US Army. They are supposed to fund and run local law enforcement (see how well they do it in these no-bills?).

RE: corporate subsidies - US corporate tax rates are the second highest in the world. Unlike the EBT/Obamaphone crowd I think they pull their weight sufficiently (and support the leeches as well).

Anonymous said...

And whatever happened to the dude that shot his room mate and HCSO found a Hydroponic Marijuana growth operation in the home in Utica while investigating the shooting. What was ever done with that case? Said he had been in trouble before and had lots of weapons according to photos even a Pink Rifle LOL Do they get get a hand slap and away you go???

Anonymous said...

As someone who served on the Hinds County Grand Jury for 3 months, I was surprised how much of a joke it was. They tell you before they present the cases of they want you to vote "true bill" or "no bill" and that's how pretty much everyone votes. Even if a few are actually paying attention, it only takes 12 of like 18 or 21 (can't remember exactly how many of us there were) votes to reach a decision.

They also clearly tell you they want a no bill on certain cases because they don't think they have enough evidence to win at trial.

Anonymous said...

Well, Stumpy @ 1:21 pm , I hate to break the news to you but the feds subsidize local governments and across the board cuts at both the federal and state levels are common and commonly stupid.

And, you really have no clue about economics if you think tax rate is how you measure actual tax revenues!

Did you miss the memo about tax exemptions and credits?

Anonymous said...

All crime is Hinds county is a result of over 400 years of oppression and no one that is charged should be held responsible for their actions as they are just getting even, or something like that so sayeth all the black preachers, race baiting politicians, and white liberal apologists.

Anonymous said...

Thank You for posting this. It is a public safety issue. Jackson Jambalaya I appreciate your diligence and your investigative journalism on this topic. It makes it all the more apparent that the city of Jackson and Hinds county do not care about their citizens and will not step up to the plate to stop crime in their neighborhoods.



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