one of the members of the ferguson grand jury is suing the st. louis county prosecutor for the right to speak out about those proceedings. so will the grand juror be allowed to speak? might it open up a pandora s box? let s bring in sonny hoston a cnn analyst and jeffrey toobin a former federal prosecutor. what an interesting turn of events. so this grand juror wants to be able to speak about what went on inside these sort of secret proceedings and why shouldn t he or she be allowed to do that? sonny? i think that swith i m at generally the grand jury proceedings are skrentecret. you never hear from them quite frankly, the law provides they should not speak out. but this case has been quite frankly very unusual. you ve got a prosecutor who puts forth every single piece of evidence even evidence that wouldn t be admissible at trial.
rational rationale, sonny, of why we should hear what their calculations really were. and i think jeff s right. isn t the argument mccullough decided to characterize the grand jurors and can t the grand jurors speak for themselves? when you look at this case because it is so very unusual, i wonder if this doesn t also open up the door to another prosecutor taking a look at this case. people have been so very unhappy with the, with the way the process was done. especially with all of the information that we that we now know about let s say witness number 40 who clearly perjured herself. the fbi really cross-examined her, found her not to be credible. mccullough says he knows she wasn t credible. wasn t even there. and so many of the grand jurors heard that information. isn t it now time then to take a real look at this case again, perhaps reconvene another grand jury and have a special
consumers and really helping car companies, that cheap oil, that cheap gas price, extra money in the pocketbook consumers are feeling better, going out and buying, they feel confident enough to buy cars. it was a very good last year. not only are they buying autos, those were the big winners, people expect that to continue. you also have low financing. so 2014 a good year. december had its best auto sales in eight years and people think 2015 not as good but a good year. not a record year but a good year as oiml prices stay low. maggie lake thank you. and still to come here on cnn newsroom, a member of the ferguson grand jury suing to be able to speak. who s backing the juror and who s trying to keep that member silent?
forced her into sex slavery when she was a teenager to please his powerful friends, including dershowitz and prince andrew who is not planning legal action at this time at least. the accuser says she is now being revictimized. a surprising twist in the aftermath of the ferguson grand jury decision not to indict officer darren wilson in the shooting death of 18-year-old michael brown. one of those grand jurors now wants to speak out and, in fact has filed a lawsuit against prosecutor bob mckullukcullough to do so. the plaintiff wants to advocate for legislative change to the way grand juries are conducted in missouri and contribute to the current public dialogue concerning race relations. mccullough is named in the suit as a defendant because, as prosecutor he would be the one to bring charges against this grand juror for speaking out. let s discuss. cnn legal analyst and criminal defense attorney danny sellcevallos
cookie raisin cookie flavored with greek yogurt chunks. they went digital as well. can you buy them online. i m not sure about the rah-rah raisin business. thanks so much michaela. a member of the ferguson grand jury wants to speak out. that juror is suing for the right to speak out and our legal panel willway weigh in next. our poll says no but can the new republican-led congress get anything done? john king will have that and more. how could a luminous protein in jellyfish impact life expectancy in the u.s., real estate in hong kong