Breonna Taylor grand jury audio to be released Friday, Kentucky AG says [View all]

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Breonna Taylor grand jury audio to be released Friday, Kentucky AG says

NATION/WORLD
by: Associated Press
Posted: Sep 30, 2020 / 08:34 AM PDT / Updated: Sep 30, 2020 / 01:24 PM PDT

A Kentucky judge has delayed until Friday the release of secret grand jury proceedings in Breonna Taylor’s killing by police, so that prosecutors can edit out witnesses’ names and personal information.

Audio recordings of the proceedings were originally supposed to be made public Wednesday, but Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s office asked a Louisville court for a week’s delay to remove details such as witnesses’ addresses and phone numbers.

On Wednesday, Judge Ann Bailey Smith granted a shorter delay, giving the attorney general until noon on Friday.

Cameron’s office sought the delay “in the interest of protection of witnesses, and in particular private citizens named in the recordings,” according to its legal motion Wednesday. The recordings are 20 hours long.
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