re: How in the world can you blame Jordan Jefferson??

I blame the East Baton Rouge District Attorney's office.

A grand jury indictment is not needed for simple battery or second degree battery. You can file either charge with a piece of paper called a bill of information.

If the DAs office felt simple battery was the appropriate charge they could have just filed a bill of information. The fact they went for an indictment tells me they did not want the heat for the charge being "reduced" or they wanted to give some legitimacy to the reduced charges.

That just stinks to me.