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In reply to the discussion: And Then There Were Three: Third Grand Jury Refuser Goes to Prison [View all]Bernardo de La Paz
(49,088 posts)Refusing to testify when given immunity and a legally tendered subpoena is a violation of the law.
Being imprisoned for violating law is not "equivalent to torture".
The law is not unconstitutional, since grand juries are explicitly in the Constitution. If you don't like grand juries or their power to issue subpoenas or the power of judges to enforce subpoenas, then rationally suggest reforms or changes that will accomplish the goals behind them: checks and balances on prosecutors and enabling the justice system to find out the facts.
The grand jury power to subpoena helps convict violent criminals and organized crime. So you have to suggest a way of disentangling or segregating some crimes from others in a rational way such that violent crimes like destruction of property and murder can be prosecuted. Otherwise people won't testify because they are afraid to.