Georgia forewoman foreshadows disaster for Fani Willis

Kohrs’s decision to do a slew of interviews won’t automatically taint the work of the grand jury. But if Willis does indict individuals based upon the grand jury’s work, defense attorneys will point to Kohrs’s descriptions as evidence of bias and improper procedures — and one can never be 100 percent certain how a judge will rule on those objections and motions. …

This is our fame-obsessed culture at work. Grand jurors aren’t supposed to be famous, even though what they do is enormously consequential and often a subject of great public interest. When you’re selected to serve on a jury or a grand jury on a huge criminal case, your first priority and obligation must be the law and justice. If, after the verdict is rendered, you want to do some interviews, let the public know how you interpreted the evidence and arguments of the case, that’s fine. But the point of the process is not to turn you into a star or a celebrity.

[Kohrs appears to intend to become a cautionary tale. And eventually, all this talk about chumminess between supposedly impartial grand jurors and Fani Willis’ prosecutors will raise questions about her competency and her commitment to impartial justice, and not just in this case. — Ed]