[NU Sports] Since we're posting links to articles ...
Mike Nolan
nolan at tssi.com
Wed Nov 16 10:16:52 CST 2011
> Paul can probably cite the source, but I've always read that a grand
> jury can indict a ham
> sandwich if they want to, all that is required is a modicum of belief
> that the crime was
> committed by that person. Crimes and rumors of crimes are all fair game.
> For me, I'd never
> want to appear in front of one as a "person of interest."
Here's something from Wikipedia, not always the most accurate of sources
but usually pretty reliable when it comes to quotes:
New York State chief judge Sol Wachtler was famously quoted by Tom Wolfe
in The Bonfire of the Vanities that "a grand jury would 'indict a ham
sandwich,' if that's what you wanted."
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Mike Nolan
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