Law Prof Ready to Reverse Jury’s ‘Pro-Police Bias’ in Michael Brown Case
The case against Officer Darren Wilson has just been resurrected. Professor Richard Kuhns, an expert on evidence and criminal procedure, from the Washington University School of Law in St. Louis argues his view to not accept this case as closed.
Read this story by Nathan Rubbelke from the College Fix.
Law Prof, NAACP, Petitioners Clamor For Officer Wilson To Face Special Prosecutor
The closed case against officer Darren Wilson took on new life this week, with legal scholars arguing there is enough evidence to appoint a special prosecutor and convene a new grand jury to probe the shooting death of Michael Brown.
Richard Kuhns, professor of law emeritus at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis who is described as an “expert on evidence and criminal procedure” on his faculty profile, said he believes the grand jurors that heard the case had a “pro-police bias” that should have disqualified them from presiding over the probe.
Kuhns detailed his views in an op-ed in The St. Louis American recently, and reiterated them in an email this week to The College Fix.
“There is even more reason now for a special prosecutor and new grand jury than there was when I wrote about the Wilson grand jury’s pro-police bias,” Kuhns said in his email. “[St. Louis County Prosecutor] Robert McCulloch has recently admitted that he knowingly presented perjured testimony to the grand jury – the testimony of the woman with acknowledged memory problems who implausibly claimed to have been at the scene and to have seen Michael Brown rush toward Officer Wilson.”
The professor’s comments come as pressure grows on Missouri leaders to appoint a special prosecutor, something of a rallying cry in the region and across the nation.
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund sent an open letter to St. Louis County Circuit Judge Maura McShane this week that alleges McCulloch engaged in misconduct and that the “grand jury process relating to Darren Wilson’s deadly actions was fatally compromised.”
A petition on MoveOn.org also calls for a special prosecutor to be appointed. It had nearly 120,000 signatures as of Jan. 6.
Law prof, NAACP, petitioners clamor for Officer Wilson to face special prosecutor (The College Fix)
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Would this not expose Wilson to double jeopardy?
No, he never was indicted the first time, so he was not in legal jeopardy.
The sickness exhibited by the far left continues to pollute justice. These people seem to believe that continued agitation will cause the justice system to reverse itself so that they can get their pound of flesh. Kuhns has his own bias and should not be talking about other’s bias. The young man brought destruction upon himself and has caused the deaths of others as well. If it does not end now, it will cause the deaths of many more people, and most of them will be innocent which Brown was not.