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Friday, October 28, 2005
Law - Kentucky grand jurors worry about liability
The Louisville Courier Journal has an interesting story today related to the ongoing inveigations in the hiring practices of the Kentucky governor. Some quotes:
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- The special grand jury investigating hiring practices of the Fletcher administration asked a judge yesterday whether the state would represent jurors if they were sued for their actions.Recall the 10/25/05 ILB entry (2nd half), quoting from a LCJ story that began: "Gov. Ernie Fletcher has asked a judge to tell grand jurors to stop indicting people that Fletcher says he has pardoned in the state hiring investigation."The judge assured them they could not be sued over an indictment, and the prosecutor questioned whether jurors were reacting to efforts by Gov. Ernie Fletcher's lawyers to block indictments. * * *
Yesterday, Rachel Auxier, jury forewoman, asked [Judge] Graham: "If the jury were sued, would we be represented by the state?" * * *
Graham told the jurors they are not generally liable for their actions, but a final report cannot include the names of people who have not been indicted.
The judge also told jurors he would take at least 10 days to rule on the governor's request to instruct them to return no indictments that would be covered by the pardon. If the jury wants to refrain from returning indictments until he rules, Graham said, "That is up to you."
Posted by Marcia Oddi on October 28, 2005 07:31 AM
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