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Who Chooses the Accusers, the Grand Jury and the Long Struggle over Its Panel
The grand jury was built to stand between government and citizen. From Shaftesbury's flight to Utah's barred believers and indictments voided for racial exclusion, its independence has hinged on one question: who writes the list of jurors.
Kindness or Liberty, the Captive Elephant as an Old Test of Animal Rights
Those who caught and kept elephants learned that a captive could be bathed, fed and loved, and still be held by the hook. Their accounts draw a line humane treatment never crosses: kindness softens captivity, only liberty questions it.
