POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Cops don't have to protect you? : Re: Cops don't have to protect you? Server Time
3 Sep 2024 19:18:20 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Cops don't have to protect you?  
From: Jim Henderson
Date: 27 Jan 2011 14:21:34
Message: <4d41c5be$1@news.povray.org>
On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 12:53:30 -0500, Warp wrote:

> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:03:54 -0500, Warp wrote:
> 
>> >  I wouldn't be surprised if
>> > legal courts weren't extremely cautious about lawsuits against the
>> > police force,
> 
>> Sure, but that's also why there's a jury (unless a bench trial is
>> specifically requested, AFAIK).
> 
>   A jury doesn't help if the case doesn't even go to court because of
> some technicalities.

In the US, it depends - in some cases, a grand jury is called to 
determine whether or not there's enough evidence to go to trial.

But your point is certainly valid.

Jim


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