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

[sabrina 1]

351. Yes, this 'forced immunity' law went on the books for the first time back in the '50s

when good people took the fifth as was their right, in order not to be forced to provide lists of their 'commie' friends, many of them at the time, Hollywood artists, producers, actors, composers. The Commie hunters didn't like the fact that American were exercising their right to remain silent so Congress passed this law that took away that right by FORCING immunity on them. If you know anything about that era, the horror of such a law should not have to be explained to you.

A newer version of the law was passed in the seventies in order make it easier to catch major gansters from the Mafia. THIS is what they are using to abuse the rights of these protesters to remain silent because they not want to rat out their friends, just as McCarthy's victims did not want to rat out their friends for no good reason either.

Nixon used this abusive anti-Constitutional law also for political reasons to go after war protesters. This is a major abuse of the Grand Jury system and has badly needed to be addressed a long time ago.