Darren Wilson's Side of the Story

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Originally Posted by donquixote99

Redo Wilson grand jury, with special prosecutior.

Routine use of special prosecutors in cases of possible police wrongdoing.

that's just for starters.

On its face, those sound like reasonable, desirable solutions. There are, however, a couple of problems with it. First "possible police wrongdoing" is very much in the eye of the beholder (in many communities, most police actions within those communities are inherently wrong) and it's the prosecutor's duty to make such judgments (who else can/should do it?). It's easy to say it should be done routinely, but the (substantial) cost of a special prosecutor comes from the prosecutor's (limited) budget.

The local DA is elected by the community to do the job within an allotted budget. One high-profile case will suck the budget dry to the detriment of all other legal actions (e.g., the (correct) recusal of the Virginia AG in the Gov. McDonnell case cost VA taxpayers ~$1 million.) Like it or not, a prosecutor has to balance the real need of a special prosecutor against its substantial cost.

It's easy to devise solutions to real world problems as long as one isn't compelled to impose real world constraints.