Credit to Bob Pockrass for first finding this but for those who have questions about Ontario County District Attorney sending Tony Stewart case to grand jury, here is what an ethical guidelines for prosecutors handbook from New York states about grand jury cases: As a prosecutor, you are specifically forbidden to “institute, cause to be instituted or maintain a criminal charge when [you] know or it is obvious that the charge is not supported by probable cause” (Rule 3.8[a]). If you come to know that a pending charge is not supported by probable cause, you must act appropriately to dismiss or reduce the charge, or advise a supervisor with the authority to do so, regardless of who caused the charge to be instituted (Rule 5.2).
Posted on: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 18:35:44 +0000
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