The georgia rico statute has a five-year mandatory minimum sentence. that s a striking reminder, which again, any potential defendant would care about what you just said. we have some reporters as well that are charging all this for us in georgia and from the courthouse. before i go to them, though, barbara, for those of us keeping time, i m curious what you think about, what if anything can be gleaned from the length of time that the grand jury proceeds. we do know, and i will remind viewers who may be catching up in the evening in the east coast, this was something that began today. we were told, it could be up to a two-day process, that they did hold the night past the usual court joining time five pm. again, you can go long, something else happens. again, you could go long because you are doing what they re doing now. you finally got the voting process. and rachel maddow and others are standing by for our coverage continuing here by the end of this hour. so, i am curious, barbara
Sexually assaulting his 5-year-old daughter. the assailant s five year daughter, the father. he was not charged initially but now the case has been ruled a homicide and a grand jury has been convened. police in the meantime say they have no reason to doubt the father s motive but the grand jury proceeds. during the course of him trying to rescue his daughter, he struck the individual several times and the individual ended up dying. he had remorse that the individual had died. i mean, it wasn t his intent. he was just proteching his daughter and doing what he thought he had to do to protect his daughter. megyn: so if that is how the sheriff feels, and the d.a. is saying the sheriff reached the right decision, why are they convening a grand jury? joining me now, joey jackson former prosecutor and now defense attorney and mercedes colwin, fox news