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Because she doesn't believe in grand juries? https://apnews.com/18519afe73234225951e68e1547af768 https://apnews.com/18519afe73234225951e68e1547af768 from the
by wombat-man 7y ago
Because she doesn't believe in grand juries?
https://apnews.com/18519afe73234225951e68e1547af768 https://apnews.com/18519afe73234225951e68e1547af768
from the above link:
Manning has offered multiple reasons for refusing to testify, but fundamentally says she considers the whole grand jury process to be unacceptable.
[The Judge] was unimpressed with her rationale and noted that grand juries are embedded in the Constitution.
- somesortofsystm 7y agoThere is definitely a case to be made for a total miscarriage of justice in her case, and indeed this is supported by the evidence of her illegal detention. It may not be obvious from a shallow observation of her case, but the very real and absolute war crimes and crimes against humanity she - and others - have revealed, were committed by the very group of people that currently has her in its sights. Very real crimes were committed, and the people who committed them are now trying Chelsea, and Assange, in a corrupted court. So .. no. This particular grand jury situation is going to be illegal and invalid, by any and all measure. You cannot be tried, in a fair and just society, by the very organizations you have revealed are committing crimes against humanity. Chelsea Manning is this generations' Sophie Scholl. That was not 'justice' either, even if it was accepted by society at large as a consequence of the zeitgeist.
- boomboomsubban 7y agoThis grand jury is attempting to get her to testify on something she has already given sworn testimony on, hoping that she will make some contradiction in her previous statement they can use to prosecute Assange. Even if you agree with the original concept of a grand jury, this usage is appalling.