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Title: Question to 4
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Published: Jun 10, 2010
Author: me
Post Date: 2010-06-10 17:33:41 by Lod
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Comments: 30


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Should I serve on the Travis County grand jury? Thanks for your thoughts and comments.

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#11. To: Lod (#0)

Serve on it & hang it.

Jethro Tull  posted on  2010-06-10   19:12:01 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#13. To: Jethro Tull, 4 (#11)

Serve on it & hang it.

I don't think that you can hang a grand jury.

You just have to convince the others to your way of thinking.

Someone who's actually served, please weigh in here.

Thanks.

Lod  posted on  2010-06-10   19:27:17 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#18. To: Lod (#13)

Someone who's actually served, please weigh in here.

Thanks.

I haven't, but I know a libertarian friend that did get called to server on a GJ in MD.

On a GJ, you get to ask any question you want of the jackboots. It's very informal and you can challenge them on their constitutional authority to bring whatever charges they are seeking.

On the one in MD, they only needed a majority of votes on the whole GJ to have an indictment be served, so there's no hanging it. At the very least you can embarrass the gov agents and make them trip over themselves answering questions YOU come up with, so they dance for you. At best, you can educate your peers on the jury and slow the machine down for a bit.

For my friend, I think he served every Thursday for a month or two. Something like that.

Yes, absolutely getting on a GJ is as good as it gets in clogging the gears and without being a political prostitute. Go for it.

Pinguinite  posted on  2010-06-10   20:20:09 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#22. To: Pinguinite (#18)

Thanks for that story Neil.

It is appreciated.

Just because I'm nominated does not mean that I will be empaneled.

But the general support to serve here, bears out what I was feeling in my heart.

If we have the chance to make a difference, let's do it.

Lod  posted on  2010-06-10   20:54:26 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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