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In reply to the discussion: And Then There Were Three: Third Grand Jury Refuser Goes to Prison [View all]graham4anything
(11,464 posts)Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. accepted arrest and did not whine.
What he did was continue on
THEN HE GOT THE LAW CHANGED and LBJ signed the civil rights/ voting rights acts changing the law.
Not whining about jail or being agitated that it was Hitler like and shifting the focus from the cause to the individual.
Don't like the law? That's great. DO ALL YOU CAN TO CHANGE IT, and eventually it will change.
But there are consequences as long as THE LAW IS ON THE BOOKS.
all the other stuff as said before is a diversion to the fact that you get immunity, in any grand jury, you cannot take the 5th.
BTW-a grand jury is made up of average U.S. citizens, same as a jury. (Just you serve longer.)
It is not a secret or special court.
It is how criminals or alleged criminals go from step one to step two to step 3 in the crminal justice system.
Get rid of our legal system, and there is nothing. And the jury system is one of the highlights the world looks up to.