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SomethingFishy

(4,876 posts)
Mon Jan 5, 2015, 05:03 PM Jan 2015

Ferguson Grand Jurist Suing Prosceutor Bob McCulloch

The grand juror, referred to only as "Grand Juror Doe" in the lawsuit, takes issue with how McCulloch characterized the case. McCulloch released evidence presented to the grand jury and publicly discussed the case after the grand jury decided not to indict Wilson, then a Ferguson police officer, in the shooting death of Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African American.

“In [the grand juror]’s view, the current information available about the grand jurors’ views is not entirely accurate — especially the implication that all grand jurors believed that there was no support for any charges,” the lawsuit says. “Moreover, the public characterization of the grand jurors’ view of witnesses and evidence does not accord with [Doe]’s own.”

“From [the grand juror]’s perspective, the investigation of Wilson had a stronger focus on the victim than in other cases presented to the grand jury,” the lawsuit states.

Doe also believes the legal standards were conveyed in a “muddled” and “untimely” manner to the grand jury.

http://crooksandliars.com/2015/01/grand-juror-sues-ferguson-prosecutor-says

It's not over yet.

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Ferguson Grand Jurist Suing Prosceutor Bob McCulloch (Original Post) SomethingFishy Jan 2015 OP
Good luck with that. The Prosecutor has immunity from COLGATE4 Jan 2015 #1
Are you sure the juror can't file for the right to speak? MostlyAmused Jan 2015 #2
one of the biggest problems about grand juries is the secrecy TorchTheWitch Jan 2015 #4
Um, it's pretty obvious you didn't read the lawsuit. msanthrope Jan 2015 #3

MostlyAmused

(67 posts)
2. Are you sure the juror can't file for the right to speak?
Mon Jan 5, 2015, 07:38 PM
Jan 2015
http://countercurrentnews.com/2015/01/ferguson-grand-juror-suing-prosecutor/

The suit was filed by ACLU on behalf of the juror, who simply wants freedom to speak about the case without legal repercussions. It is not about punishing the DA.

TorchTheWitch

(11,065 posts)
4. one of the biggest problems about grand juries is the secrecy
Mon Jan 5, 2015, 10:13 PM
Jan 2015

Jurors are forbidden to talk about any case they've dealt with and with severe penalties for doing so.

I hate the whole concept of grand juries. They're secret, remove constitutional rights of the accused as well as witnesses and are entirely one-sided with the prosecutor having entire control. Half the states no longer use them at all and instead use adversarial preliminary hearings that are public, controlled by a judge, no constitutional protections of the accused are denied and all the evidence is reviewed by both sides.

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