A Historic Acquittal Re-Examined: Would the Earps and Doc Holliday Escape Indictment under the Modern Grand Jury System?

The article focuses on trials of some of the combatants and re-examines them in light of current judicial practice and law to see what might happen if the same thing were to happen today. It mentions conflict between the cowboy faction and the Earps and Holliday had festered for almost a year and risk of being exposed as an informant may have seemed worth the trade-off. It also mentions carrying guns is a violation of the local ordinance.