Experts wary of push to dump grand juries in cop shooting cases

Franklin Zimring quoted in Daily Journal (registration required), February 18, 2015

A prosecutor “works with police and depends upon them,” Zimring said. Even with Mitchell’s bill blocking a prosecutor from using a grand jury to escape accountability for a decision, “all of the problems I mentioned of both prosecutorial power and a high burden of proof” still work to protect police, he said.