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> The law that says you must do what a judge orders isn't unjust. It has been argued for a VERY long time that grand juries (which is why she can be put in jai
by hwillis 7y ago
> The law that says you must do what a judge orders isn't unjust.
It has been argued for a VERY long time that grand juries (which is why she can be put in jail repeatedly like this) are unjust. Many states do not even use them because of it. Grand juries get special privileges, like compelling people to testify without lawyers, or through double jeopardy as is the case here.
https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/fifth-amendment-grand-jury-double-jeopardy-self-incrimination-due-process https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/fifth-amendment-grand-ju...
- travmatt 7y agoI don’t think you quite understand what you’re talking about - do you realize Chelsea Manning is not the target of the grand jury? How can a person being compelled to testify for actions they’ve been granted immunity risk double jeopardy?
- dragonwriter 7y ago> Many states do not even use them because of it. Many states do not use them because they prefer to subject people to public accusation of crime without the filtering process of a grand jury up front, but instead with a preliminary hearing after the fact (and therefore after the harm of the public accusation is realized.) > Grand juries get special privileges, like compelling people to testify without lawyers, or through double jeopardy as is the case here. That's not a special privilege, regular courts do the same thing, whether when conducting a preliminary hearing instead of grand jury indictment or at other points in the process: witnesses, unlike defendants, have no right to representation by counsel.