You might find this a little peculiar coming from a 37-year law enforcement veteran, but I’ve always felt that Cook County’s grand jury system is flawed, unequal justice.
In 1985, New York Judge Sol Wachtler famously stated, “If a district attorney wanted, a grand jury would indict a ham sandwich.” I have always agreed with that sentiment, but my twist on that statement is, as I once told another local rookie officer while waiting outside a courtroom to testify, that you could indict a dead squirrel in a Cook County grand jury.
