Tony Stewart cleared by grand jury

[PDD]

Originally Posted by rbohm

how about when the press at times accused him of murdering the kid? why cant the press come out and say "look we were stupid and tony didnt try to kill the kid on purpose".

I don't think any reporter who knows TS accused him of murder, it was more likely some stick and ball reporter who hates NASCAR.Lots of them out there and they don't count.

[WFW&P]

Originally Posted by PDD

I don't think any reporter who knows TS accused him of murder, it was more likely some stick and ball reporter who hates NASCAR.Lots of them out there and they don't count.

The press didn't straight out accuse him of murder, but did straight out vilify him.

[Tourian]

Originally Posted by rbohm

all i want is consistency in the media. they were hammering stewart for weeks saying what a bad guy he was, and stuff like that. now that stewart is cleared, they are not retracting anything they said previously. so where does stewart go to get his reputation back?

I didn't see any of that. Maybe bringing up the fact that he has had several incidents involving his anger and interactions with others is hammering in your eyes, I just call that reporting. They are just saying what most people who know him/about him are thinking. Everybody wants to know people's background and history when stuff like this goes down. It is just human.

[ss20ts]

Originally Posted by berdee

Since the DA sent it to the grand jury with no charges attached it was almost a given that there was nothing to charge Stewart with. It's very rare for a DA to send something to the GJ with no charges. The DA probably could have cleared him but the case was too high profile for him to take the risk, the wuss, so the easiest out for the DA was to send it off to the GJ.

It was an election year. I know the sheriff was up for re-election. Can't remember if the DA was as well. Lots of speculation around here that because of the election and the big name was why it even went to a grand jury. Just glad folks around here have some brains!

Originally Posted by chaotix

Where is the toxicology report for Stewart?????

Grand Jury convenes and makes decision in one day? C'mon man . . . . Prosecutor was not specific on how much marijuana was in Ward's system to determine impairment and the Grand Jury never saw a toxicology report? Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. . .

No toxicology for Tony because he's alive. Toxicology tests and reports are done on dead people when the coroner is involved.

Apparently, you didn't read about how the grand jury works around this area. Our grand juries serve for 3 months at a time. They did not hear evidence for a day and made a decision the same day. They listened to evidence for a week if I remember correctly.

[texdav]

No; it not rare ;at least here. most dead by highway are grand jury cases They often have also to decide charge of murder with recklessness or criminal negligence in such cases. Where the charges is capital murder it also goes to grand jury here. All police involved deaths here. I don't think other than why ward might have gone into the track that his marijuana levels where even important in decision.Minds trying to talk about what only the grand jury heard is what is rotten; IMO.