December
9, 2014
KVPR,
Valley Public Radio
By
Ezra David Romero and Joe Moore
Note: this links to a radio broadcast where Judge Robert Oliver talks about criminal and civil grand juries, focusing on the latter.
The recent killings of two
unarmed black men at the hands of white police officers in Ferguson Missouri
and New York City have brought the issue of race and law enforcement to the
headlines.
But they’ve also brought the
ancient institution of the grand jury to the national spotlight, after similar
bodies in both states declined to bring charges against the officers involved.
Some have questioned the
effectiveness of these secret panels, yet they remain an important part of our
legal system today. The soon-to-retire Judge Robert Oliver of the Fresno
County Superior Court joins Valley Edition
host Joe Moore to tell us more about the grand jury system.
Listen here:
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