Time: Sat Jun 14 18:09:22 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id SAA05159; Sat, 14 Jun 1997 18:03:52 -0700 (MST) Date: Sat, 14 Jun 1997 18:01:09 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: client poll (first one!) Dear Clients, I would like to poll all of you on a proposal that has tenaciously stayed in my head for 72 hours and running. On the theory that McVeigh is really working the other side of the fence, I would like to prepare a formal proposal to Oklahoma state Representative Charles Key, as follows: Federal jury selection is fatally flawed because of the class discrimination which is evident in 28 U.S.C. 1865. The flaw exists for selection of federal grand and petit (trial) juries. McVeigh was indicted by such a flawed grand jury, and he was convicted by such a flawed trial jury. Therefore, his conviction is null and void. The Oklahoma state special grand jury has been approved by the state Supreme Court. The People would intervene in McVeigh's appeal, requesting an indefinite stay of proceedings, pending the outcome of the JSSA challenge now before the 8th Circuit. I would bring the Request for Intervention, as a private attorney general. Along with this stay request, the People would request judicial notice of the state grand jury proceeding in Oklahoma. If the Oklahoma jury selection procedure is similarly flawed, then their state law should be challenged, and corrected, at once, so that they can proceed with their investigation. Rep. Key would be on the leading edge of this movement, particularly if the Oklahoma state law(s) need amending. This would be a wedge into exposing federal manipulation of federal grand juries, and also federal trial juries as well, a la "The Kick- Back Racket" and other related themes. I would like to get your feedback on this proposal. This idea has the potential to thrust jury selection into the limelight, and buy time for the Oklahoma state grand jury to get their act together. I am standing by. /s/ Paul Mitchell http://www.supremelaw.com
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