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Police, Grand Juries and the Justice System

10:00 Ferguson, New York, Beavercreek, OH... grand juries all over the country are deciding not to indict police officers in cases involving civilian deaths. Each year over 400 people are killed by police in the U.S., and only a handful of grand juries issue indictments. We'll look at the influence of conflicting accounts and legal alliances on judicial procedure.

Guests

  • Sharon L. Davies, executive director of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at OSU
  • Ric Simmons, professor of law at OSU
  • Maria Haberfeld, professor of police science  at John Jay College of Criminal Justice