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Tue Oct 20, 2020, 02:05 PM Oct 2020

Judge rules grand juror from Breonna Taylor case can speak publicly

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Judge rules grand juror from Breonna Taylor case can speak publicly

Jason Riley and Marcus Green Oct 20, 2020 Updated 5 min ago

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A grand juror involved in the Breonna Taylor case can speak publicly about the typically secret jury proceedings, a judge ruled Tuesday.

"This is a rare and extraordinary example of a case where, at the time this motion is made, the historical reasons for preserving grand jury secrecy are null," Jefferson Circuit Court Judge Annie O'Connell ruled.

O'Connell's order is not meant to urge other jurors from the September meeting to come forward, but instead it "merely grants one grand juror's request to do so and gives others the option."

"No one grand juror speaks for the others, nor does one's statement carry any more weight than another's," she wrote.

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Judge rules grand juror from Breonna Taylor case can speak publicly (Original Post) sl8 Oct 2020 OP
Good! cwydro Oct 2020 #1
Cameron's cover-up will soon be exposed. brush Oct 2020 #2
Cameron is a political hack whose lies are being exposed Gothmog Oct 2020 #3
Good. K&R for visibility. crickets Oct 2020 #4
K&R Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2020 #5
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