And Then There Were Three: Third Grand Jury Refuser Goes to Prison

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107. What right? You are granted immunity so you won't be prosecuted for what you said

Once granted immunity, YOU ARE NOT PROSECUTED for what you said.
Therefore, your right to the 5th is meaningless-as the 5th means you will not say anything that may implicate you and lead to your own arrest(that is what immunity is).

Therefore you cannot use the 5th to a grand jury.

And it is our law.

If one doesn't like a law, get it changed. But it is already the law.
Nothing new. It is the United States of America system in place for 100s of years.

Ask Thomas Jefferson and the founding fathers.

It is the only way that leads to democracy, not anarchy.
Without the grand jury system, there would be no law.

Democracy or anarchy? I choose to pick democracy over anarchy. (regardless if I can think of at least 2 prior same situations that I felt were wrong, but look at it from another way-

when she gets out,she will be famous if her backers keep it in the news
She will then make millions off her fame by writing books, and becoming a beacon to better America against laws on the books she might not like. We can see her on tv, a movie will be made about her life, and she will become a talking head on tv like Karl Rove is.
She can even get into politics (or law school). And run for office.
So in a way, this is her national service leading up to a very, very successful life after jail.
And this charge is not criminal.

(and I can think of a major example of what I just wrote, but don't want to sidestep the very basic fundamental of our legal system and all this distracts from how the 5th is irrelevant if one is granted immunity.)

IMHO of course. I am not a lawyer, nor do I play one on t.v.