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Sounds a lot like a grand jury stuffed with hand-picked jurors. We know how that sort of thing usually turns out.

>"During a single four-hour workday last week, a Mecklenburg County grand jury heard 276 cases and handed down 276 indictments.

That means the 18 jurors heard evidence, asked questions, weighed whether the charges merit a trial, then voted on the indictments – all at the average rate of one case every 52 seconds…".

http://www.cato.org/blog/grand-jury-system-joke



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