It's easy to fault the founders for all the things they got wrong. Once in a while, we should note when they got something right.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ohio-woman-miscarried-home-will-not-criminally-charged-grand-jury-says-rcna132093#
A grand jury refused to charge the Ohio woman who miscarried in her bathroom.
Grand juries were added to the Fifth Amendment to check a potentially tyrannical government. (Not all states are required to use Grand Juries because Grand Juries were not incorporated through the due process clause but the idea comes from the 5th Amendment)
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