A grand juror who argued that she must be allowed to break her silence to contradict misstatements by St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch has lost her case — again.A three-judge panel of the Eastern District of the Missouri Court of Appeals issued a ruling today, agreeing with the circuit court that the unnamed juror does not have the right to speak out publicly about her experiences on the grand jury, which famously opted against indicting Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in November 2014.
The ruling, written by appellate judge Colleen Dolan, was unanimous.
In her petition — filed first in federal court and then later moved at its direction to state court — the grand juror had argued that being released from her oath of secrecy would allow her to educate the public, advocate for changes in how the grand jury process works and set the record straight on the Wilson case.…