A question about the grand jury considering the Breonna Taylor homicide.


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Grand Jury Rights and the Breonna Taylor Homicide

Dear John,

For a few days now, I've had a tab open in my web browser so I can just refresh my web search every hour or so. The search term? "Breonna Taylor grand jury".

Tension is intense across the country as we await an announcement from the Louisville grand jury tasked with deciding whether or not to criminally indict any of the officers involved in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor.

Last night I received a question from someone about those grand jurors' voting options and the language they were hearing with respect to those options. The writer asked:

I thought that jurors have the right to decide questions of law generally, but everything I keep seeing pertains to nullification to acquit. If jurors, as a matter of conscience, feel that the law is unjust, can't they vote to indict?

Good question.

This seemed like the sort of thing other people may be wondering. Instead of sending him back an individual email, I decided this would be a good opportunity to kick off a new series of FIJA articles I'm calling FIJA Q&A.

The answer to this writer's question appears on our website ([link removed]) here:

FIJA Q&A: Grand Jury Rights and the Breonna Taylor Homicide ([link removed])

If you have a question, especially about how jury rights apply to the events of the day, feel free to send it to me in a reply to this email and I may feature it in an upcoming FIJA Q&A installment or perhaps add it to our Frequently Asked Questions ([link removed]) page that is a work in progress. 

Now, I'm off to hit that refresh button again and see if we have an announcement from the grand jury...

For Liberty, Justice, and Peace in Our Lifetimes,

Executive Director
Fully Informed Jury Association





P.O. Box 5570 | Helena, MT 59858 US

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