Re: Elder Kennedy ordered to tesify to Grand Jury (if you cancall it that) [CNN] (fwd)

[Petro <petro@playboy.com>]

At 8:55 PM -0500 11/11/98, Jim Choate wrote:
>Forwarded message:
>
>> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 20:59:11 -0500 (EST)
>> From: Rabid Wombat <wombat@mcfeely.bsfs.org>
>> Subject: Re: Elder Kennedy ordered to tesify to Grand Jury (if you can
>>call it that) [CNN]
>
>> Why would this be "unconstitutional?"
>
>Juries are to be composed of your peers taken from the community in which
>the crime occurred. A single judge doesn't make a jury of ones peers.

	Jim, "Grand Jury", a jury to see if there is enough evidence to
warrant a full trial.

>Irrelevant, one doesn't throw away the justice system because it might have
>been abused. One wrong does not justify another.

	Correct, but this isn't a guilty or innocent trial, this is a "is
there enough evidence to try this person" type trial.

	This judge can't throw the perp in jail, only throw another trial
where there will be 12 to judge.
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