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Santa Cruz Indymedia | U.S. | Police State and PrisonsWhat You Should Know About Grand Juries
An article by Katya Komisaruk of the Just Cause Law Collective.
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Friday Oct 3rd, 2008 11:44 PM
Thanks for posting this. I would like to add that I believe it's absolutely crucial that anyone visited or subpoenaed go public with it ASAP. Most of the power of grand juries and this type of political persecution is the fear and doubt it causes. People falsely believe that being quiet and secretive about repression will make it go away, this is just what the FBI wants.
Friday Oct 31st, 2008 5:04 AM
The federal grand jury hearing, which was originally scheduled for October 23, was postponed. If anyone knows the new date, please post it here.
Monday Nov 17th, 2008 5:49 PM
exactly. what we see here is a system, driven by money and power, not driven by THOUGHT. and critical thinking.
the way this should be set up is to have two sides of power to the courtroom, two judges, one on each side, and thereby its like two power forces one against the other. the way the room is designed with the power figures is crucial. not so high up. make teh judges seat lower and more normal. almost at eye level. so then we wil get these two judges, one at each side to argue with each other about what happened, and what people should and should not, be allowed to do. in the middle we can have various public people from the public , freely entering and sitting to listen in and argue as well to any side, and of course no weapons allowed. it will become more of a public discussion place rather than a closed system of power. |