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

[sabrina 1]

356. They are not vandals. Please post some proof of that claim. As for people respecting them

for refusing to testify? Wow, I guess you approve of the origin of the law under which their 5th Amendment right was taken away from them?

Are you aware of the history of 'Forced Immunity'? It was invented by Congress back in the 'fifties to force all those Hollywood Commies to STOP taking the Fifth and to hand over lists of their friends and families to Joe McCarthy and his witch hunting Committee or go to jail?

Now maybe you think that was a good thing. That McCarthy was conducting a legitimate investigation and needed to remove the 5th Amendment right from the people in order to get those lists. But I think that was a frightening and shameful chapter in US history and any remnants of it, such as 'Forced Immunity' should be eradicated from our laws because of the potential for the same kind of abuse, which IS what is happening here.

Nixon used 'forced immunity' also, no surprise there, to go after Vietnam War protesters.

In fact it has mostly been used for nefarious purposes such as persecuting people, in the fifties, sixties, seventies, nineties and again now, for their political beliefs.

Of course if you think people SHOULD be persecuted and/or jailed for their political beliefs, then you will support what is happening to these three protesters, what happened to the 'commies' in the fifties, what happened to war protesters under Nixon etc. using this 'forced immunity' trick.

It doesn't matter what they know, or don't know. It is not their job to talk about their political views or to give lists of their friends to any GJ or Prosecutor. THAT is the crime, to try to force them to do so.