Jon, I've seen this very important point on gran juries make headways 
in scholarly cicles but how do we get beyond that?--- In 
[email protected], Jon Roland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> "Civilian review boards" don't work. They become captured by the 
police 
> and prosecutors. What is needed is to make greater use of grand 
juries 
> for the supervision of public activity generally, including police 
> activity. That means they can't be tied up rubberstamping 
indictments. 
> At least half the time of grand jurors should be devoted to 
government 
> supervision, and that means more grand juries serving smaller 
> jurisdictions. They also need to be opened to the public and the 
undue 
> influence of public prosecutors removed.
> 
> -- Jon
> 
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