The members of the local bar who are offended by District
Attorney Sarsfield’s use of a criminal grand jury to consider
indictments owe their living not just to the criminals they attempt
to shield from prosecution, but to the provisions of the Fifth
Amendment in the Bill of Rights which provide that
”
No person shall
… be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process
of law.
”
Editor,
The members of the local bar who are offended by District Attorney Sarsfield’s use of a criminal grand jury to consider indictments owe their living not just to the criminals they attempt to shield from prosecution, but to the provisions of the Fifth Amendment in the Bill of Rights which provide that “No person shall … be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law.” Fair enough. The criminals’ lawyers can earn their tainted keep. But the opening sentence of that very same amendment states, “no person shall be held to answer to a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury.”
Looks like our local bar votes against both our district attorney and the Constitution. God speed your quest, bar members, Hell ain’t yet half full!
John C. Buchanan, Hollister
