-Caveat Lector- Subj: US OR: Grand Jury Briefings Stir Legal Issue From: HempTV http://www.crrh.org/hemptv/ Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 03:30:11 -0800 Size: 147 lines 6934 bytes File: v01.n335.a10 URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v01.n335.a10.ht ml Pubdate: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 Source: Oregonian, The (OR) Copyright: 2001 The Oregonian Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Address: 1320 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201 Fax: 503-294-4193 Website: http://www.oregonlive.com/ Forum: http://forums.oregonlive.com/ Author: Beth Quinn, Correspondent, The Oregonian GRAND JURY BRIEFINGS STIR LEGAL ISSUE Oregon Defense Attorneys Challenge The Fairness Of Unnamed Witnesses Giving Information To Jurors GRANTS PASS -- Grand juries in at least six Oregon counties routinely received briefings from off-the-record witnesses about drugs before weighing evidence in specific cases. Now criminal defense attorneys across Oregon are preparing to challenge felony indictments from grand jurors who heard such "indoctrination testimony." The uproar over grand jury prejudice, which began last week when defense attorneys filed motions for dismissal of 300 criminal cases pending in Josephine County Circuit Court, has revived calls for reform of the secret process in which a handful of citizens decide who shall stand trial and for what crimes. [continues: 119 lines] -- Best Wishes In any dispute between a citizen and the government, it is my instinct to side with the citizen.á I am against bureaucrats, policemen, wowsers, snouters, smellers, uplifters, lawyers, bishops and all other sworn enemies of the free man.áI am against all efforts to make men virtuous by law.áI believe that the government, practically considered, is simply a camorra of incompetent and mainly dishonest men, transiently licensed to live by the labor of the rest of us.á I am thus in favor of limiting its powers as much as possible, even at the cost of considerable inconvenience, and of giving every citizen, wise or foolish, right or wrong, the right to criticize it freely, and to advocate changes in its constitution and personnelàthe very commonest of common men has certain inalienable rights. -H.L. Mencken, [ôAutopsy,ö American Mercury, September 1927] <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
