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Posted by: Amelia Ferrell Knisely on Nov 9, 2015

The National Bar Association requested the transcript of a grand jury proceeding in which Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich recommended that a grand jury charge a police officer with voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of 19-year-old Darrius Stewart. However, The Commercial Appeal reports no transcript is available because the proceedings are secret under the state rules of criminal procedure. “Transparency is imperative in cases involving police officers taking the lives of citizens,” Benjamin L. Crump, president of the National Bar Association, said.