they did permit a child to be unreasonably placed in a situation which posed a threat of injury to the child s life or health. the jury think john ramsey and separately patricia rendered assistance to a person with intent to prevent discovery, and permission for commiting a crime, knowing the person being assisted and committed and suspected of crime of murder if the first deand child abuse resulting in death. a lot of legal language there but dan what do you make of the recommendation by the grand jury. the grand jury is making the conclusion that the parents killed their daughter and tried to cover it up. the grand jury burden of proof is probable cause. that is much lower than the at trial beyond a reasonable doubt. very rare you receive a prosecutor receive an indictment from a grand jury and decide not to go forward. usually prosecutors go to a grand jury if they themselves believe there is evidence meriting a prosecution. this is certainly an unusual case. patti ann: ashley, da
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but they were not cooperative with the police at beginning. both refused to submit to polygraph tests. after months of pressure they were sit down and separately questioned by the police for the first time. in september of 1998 a grand jury officially launched its investigation. it lasted 18 months and those findings are what were released this hour. however, the district attorney back then refused to charge the parents citeing a lack of evidence and then fashion forward to 2006. jonbenet s mother, patsy ramsey passed away after a long battle with ovarian cancer. in 2009 the boulder colorado, district attorney, different one, wrote an apology letter to john ramsey officially exonerating both parents in jonbenet s death. joining us ashley merchant a criminal defense attorney, dan schorr a former prosecutor. thank you both for joining us. let s get right to what the grand jury had to safety they recommend ad charge of child abuse leading to death.
the bath toy. the rubber ducky is currently in the middle of a world tour. patti ann: fox news alert. a judge has released the results of a 1999 grand jury investigation into the murder of jonbenet ramsey and it shows that jurors voted to indict both parents, john and patsy ramsey on felony counts, fatal child abuse and accessory to a crime. you may recall the parents were under a cloud of suspicion for a long time but were never charged in the murder of their daughter. let s look back at the investigation. jonbenet was found dead in the family s colorado home the day after christmas in 1996. a strange ransom note was also found. portions of the autopsy report later showed she suffered serious head gin you areries and sexually assaulted. shortly after the investigation began the police turned investigation to the parents. both john and patricia ramsey denied killing their daughter