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To: wideawake

It USED TO BE that the local citizens could convene a grand jury w/o the blessings of the judiciary.

Just regular people.

Not anymore...

(they still can in six states)

51 posted on 07/18/2014 3:21:05 PM PDT by djf (OK. Well, now, lemme try to make this clear: If you LIKE your lasagna, you can KEEP your lasagna!)

To: djf

It USED TO BE that the local citizens could convene a grand jury w/o the blessings of the judiciary.

When was that, exactly?

Any good historical examples of such grand juries convened without judicial oversight?

The mechanics of that would be very interesting to analyze.

84 posted on 07/21/2014 10:52:26 AM PDT by wideawake

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