article_snippet: Just a week before the grand jury decided not to indict Darren Wilson for the shooting death of Michael Brown, the grand jury request to make a public statement about the case was rejected by a judge.
article_snippet: The 12 jurors were denied the opportunity to speak by St. Louis County Circuit Court Judge Carolyn Whittington, according to court documents filed on Friday.
article_snippet: A week before the verdict was announced in the case of the shooting death of Michael Brown, Judge Carolyn Whittington (left) wrote a letter to attorney Robert McCulloch (right), denying the grand jury's request to make a public statement .
article_snippet: the grand jury sat for three months hearing evidence and a verdict was released on November 24, 2014.
article_snippet: In a letter from Judge Whittington to attorney Robert McCulloch on November 17, she explains initially she said yes to the grand jury's request to make a public statement, but then did legal research and decided the final response was no, according to Yahoo News.
article_snippet: It is unknown what the jurors were going to say in the jurors statement, and documents from Friday do not detail when the jurors initially made the grand jury's request to make a public statement.
article_snippet: In a letter from Judge Whittington to McCulloch on November 17 she wrote: 'The Supreme Court has stated that the power of a grand jury to investigate and inquire is limited to finding or returning indictments. '
article_snippet: A grand jury has no power to report short of an indictment unless A grand jury is on the condition of public buildings.' the grand jury sat for three months hearing evidence and a verdict was released on November 24, 2014 not indicting Darren Wilson (above) for the shooting death of Michael Brown .
article_snippet: Judge Whittington continued: 'The Supreme Court has spoken on the issue of the power of the grand jury. '
article_snippet: I do not believe there is authority for the grand jury to make a statement and request that you inform the grand jury that it must be guided by the ruling of The Supreme Court.'
article_snippet: The twelve who know the answer are silenced by the challenged laws,' said the grand juror's attorney.
highlights_snippet: The 12 jurors were denied the request on November 17 by Judge Carolyn Whittington ahead of verdict announcement on November 24 .
  
highlights_snippet: Judge Carolyn Whittington initially said yes but changed Judge Carolyn Whittington mind after Judge Carolyn Whittington did legal research, according to documents filed on Friday .
  
highlights_snippet: It is unknown what The 12 jurors were going to say in the statement or when The 12 jurors made the request .
  