US EditionFederal Grand Jury Refuses to Indict Couple Charged in Broadview Immigration Protest
Prosecutors dropped charges against Ray Collins and Jocelyne Robledo after a grand jury declined to indict them following a protest where 11 people were arrested, officials said.
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Chicago couple avoids 8-year sentence after grand jury declines to indict in ICE protest case
Hell Yeahs have been in very short supply of late. Still, here we are: Hell Yeah: According to the Chicago Tribune, a federal grand jury refused to indict a Chicago couple that was arrested for "assaulting or resisting a federal officer in performance of official duties" during a feisty protest against ICE. — Read the rest The post Chicago couple avoids 8-year sentence after grand jury declines to indict in ICE protest case appeared first on Boi…
Feds Had 'Less Evidence Than A Ham Sandwich' In Dismissed Armed Protester Case, Lawyer Says
CHICAGO — In an extraordinary move, a federal grand jury has refused to indict a couple arrested while legally carrying firearms and protesting at the Broadview ICE facility last month in a case federal authorities used to paint the two as a pair of “armed rioters.” The refusal stunned a veteran defense attorney representing one of the demonstrators and came on the same day that prosecutors dropped charges against a third protestor after new foo…
With a sharp rap of his gavel Wednesday morning, a federal magistrate judge agreed to dismiss charges against a Chicago couple found legally carrying loaded handguns last month outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Broadview facility. He did so after a grand jury returned a “no bill” in the case of Ray Collins and Jocelyne Robledo on Tuesday. In doing so, the grand jurors declined to indict in the high-profile case related to pro…
The return of the grand jury - Lawyers, Guns & Money
As Jack McCoy once said, there’s meat on a ham sandwich: A grand jury Tuesday night declined to indict two protesters in the Chicago area accused of assaulting law enforcement, the latest in a shocking string of failures by the Trump Department of Justice. Securing grand jury indictments is usually nearly automatic; only the prosecutors get to present evidence, and the bar is much lower for indicting someone than proving their guilt. But the T…
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