Chelsea Manning attempts to destroy 'grand jury' system using their actions as wrecking ball!

[jim bell]

 On Sunday, December 22, 2019, 12:43:53 PM PST, grarpamp <grarpamp at gmail.com> wrote:
 
 On 12/18/19, Steven Schear <schear.steve at gmail.com> wrote:
> Perhaps the only simple fix is to expand access to enable private
> prosecutions so the rich and politically powerful, government employees
> (especially in intelligence and law enforcement) can be equally targeted.

>Search for something like 'private / citizen prosecutor', maybe
even 'public / independant prosecutor', but 'special prosecutor'
gets too many hits from news sites.
Also check Black's law for terms and definitions.
The concept exists, and seems like it had some usage
in some places around the world long ago.
It's certainly rarer and more shut out than even jury nullification.
You might find a few books or something on its history somewhere.
Post them here for people.

They are called "private prosecutions"   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_prosecution                     Jim Bell



  
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