Anybody here with much knowledge/experience with law?

Specifically I would like to understand the role of grand jury and what it means when a case does/does not go to the grand jury.

In 2000 I shot my abusive boyfriend in self defense and he died. I had witnesses who had heard him threaten to kill me as well as several assault charges/restraining order and such and pictures of some of my injuries. So the state trooper who investigated told me that he understood why I did what I did. The trooper told me the prosecuting attorney did not see any reason to file charges and they would present the case to the grand jury.

Fast forward to 2010. I am filming with Discovery Studios about my hoarding. The producer is interested in the domestic violence and wonder if that played a role in my hoarding. The studio's attorney was checking out the records about me and my boyfriend. This week when I was talking to the producer he mentioned that my case had never gone to the grand jury. I don't understand why a case would or would not go to grand jury. Or what the implications of that would be. I know that there is no statute of limitations. I am not worried that I would be found guilty. But my dead BF's brother is an attorney and after my BF died his brother sent word to me that even if I was not guilty and would not be found guilty of any crime he would like to see me prosecuted so that I would have to spend a large amount of money to hire a defense attorney. Two years ago he ran for prosecuting attorney but lost by ~400 votes. I think it would be conflict of interest if he were to try to indict me plus I would call the brother attorney as a witness because I had told him on the phone about the violence and asked for his advice.

So I just am curious what all this means. The producer seemed to think that if the case did not go to grand jury that would influence how indictment could later be filed but I don't know if that is accurate.

In 1984 I was witness to a shooting that resulted in death. I know that at that time the case did go to grand jury and no charges were filed. Then about twelve or thirteen years later they elected a new prosecuting attorney in the county and the family of the dead guy said they did not think the case had been handled appropriately and I was asked to talk to the grand jury about what I knew. So that case went to grand jury twice with no indictment. Now I wonder why my case never did go to grand jury.

Anyone here have any idea about this?

Not asking for legal advice, just wondering how the system works and in general what does this scenario mean.