End Grand Jury Abuse!
Legal Reform Movement
The National Lawyers Guild served as a leading organization targeting the abuse of grand juries, particularly in cases involving the Vietnam Veterans Against the War and the 1968 Democratic National Convention riots which led to numerous contempt charges.
National Lawyers Guild
Roz Payne
Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
unknown
Button
Physical Object
ca. 1960s and 1970s
"Stop the Grand Jury!!!!"
Legal Reform Movement
This pamphlet criticizes expanded grand jury powers and the way they are used against political activists. In part it argues:
"THE INTERNAL SECURITY DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOW TRYING TO LAY DOWN A WIDE FOUNDATION FOR INDICTMENT AND PROSECUTION OF MANY INTER-RELATED POLITICAL 'CRIMES' AND CONSPIRACY CHARGES. IT IS CREATING A WHOLE NEW PATTERN OF REPRESSION, INTIMIDATION AND FEAR. THIS PATTERN CAN BE USED SELECTIVELY FOR THE TIME BEING BUT IT OFFERS VERY SWEEPING POLICE STATE POWERS FOR THE GOVERNMENT'S FUTURE USE."
Bay Area Committee to Stop the Grand Jury
Roz Payne
Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
ca. late-1960s or early-1970s
mimeograph
leaflet