Ferguson Juror Sues McColluch

[rbrnmw]

One of the jurors on the St. Louis County grand jury that decided not to indict then-Police Officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown commissioned the American Civil Liberties Union to file a lawsuit to allow the juror to publicly discuss the proceedings. Specifically, the juror, who remains unnamed, wants to be able to discredit the claim that “all 12 jurors believed there was no support for any charges,” the Associated Press reports.

The lawsuit was filed against Robert McCulloch, the St. Louis County prosecutor who oversaw the grand jury proceedings. In the lawsuit, the juror described how McCulloch presented evidence in such a way that implicated Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old.

Brown, not Officer Wilson, the lawsuit argues, was fashioned as the instigator and “the wrongdoer.” The juror has “the impression that evidence was presented differently than in other cases,” AP explains.

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http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2015/01/ferguson_juror_sues_prosecutor_so_that_gag_order_can_be_lifted_says_evidence.html?wpisrc=topstories

[marble falls]

1. I have a feeling that Grand Jury is going to explode. There's no double jepardy issue with.....

being re-subpena'd for another Grand Jury.

[rbrnmw]

6. can't a SP take it to a different GJ?

[drm604]

2. I have no idea if the juror can prevail legally on this,

but the suit itself gets the message out, which may be it's real reason.

[rbrnmw]

5. it sure does get the message out

but I hope this juror prevails and can tell us what went on behind the scenes

[avebury]

3. I would think that there is a lot that the

juror could say without giving away a lot of the details of what went on. Given the amount of "details" that the McCullough has revealed about it would make is a farce to not allow memebers of the GJ panel the right to speak out about it. Even making a public statement that he/she would be receptive to being subpoened by the DOJ for the purpose of their investigation would make a huge statement without spilling the beans.

They key thing about the law is that it is supposed to prevent the GJ members from talking about the details of the evidence provided during the process. If there was a real divide on the panel I don't see why any of them could not say that X number of the people on the panel thought that Wilson committed a crime. If I remember correctly, it took a minimum of 9 to vote to prosecute. It would be nice to know what the vote count was on each of the potential charges. McCullough has been selling it like it was pretty unanimous no to indict Wilson but we really don't know that because of the gag rule. Given how much his office rigged the whole process, I would like to know what were the actual votes.

[rbrnmw]

4. I want to know what went on behind the scenes

was there bullying? for example! Most of all I want a special prosecutor assigned to this case.