Grand Jury Proceedings in the case of Young Texan, et. al.

[Sestak]

The Republic of Atlasia, represented by appointed special counsel, has indicated an intent to file charges against user TexasConservative and a number of other individuals for actions relating to the alleged secession attempt this year.

This thread is for grand jury proceedings and eventual potential indictments in this case; posting in this thread should be limited to members of the Court, the grand jury, and the prosecution team along with its chosen witnesses.

It is the opinion of this court that none of the prospective charges to be filed here took place within any physical boundary in Atlasia; the alleged conduct took place entirely in online chatrooms and the cosntituent forum with no physical present required for any of the involved actions. Thus there is no mandatory constitutional venue in this case.

Due to the direct involvement of the governments of the other two regions, the Supreme Court has decided that Lincoln is the appropriate venue for proceedings and has appointed me to preside.

Grand Jury proceedings will begin immediately. I will post a separate thread for those proceedings to begin. The defense counsel is hereby ordered to refrain from posting in that thread directly; I also ask that all others aside from the justices of the Supreme Court, the selected grand jurors, and those authorized by the prosecution refrain from posting in that thread. To begin, I ask that the prosecution respond to that thread listing all the individuals it wishes to charge and each crime it seeks to charge each individual. Following this, the court will proceed to selection of the grand jury.

The Court invites the prosecution to list its charges.



Jurors

Illiniwek
Solid4096
Brucejoel99
Jimmy7812
GregTheGreat657

[Sestak]

JURY SELECTION

Selection of a grand jury of five members shall be conducted by random draw. There are 68 registered voters in Lincoln; random numbers shall be drawn and correspond to the position of each voter on the census roll (from 1, representing Adam Griffin, to 68, representing Windjammer). Rolled jurors who are unable to serve on a grand jury due to involvement in this case or membership of the Court will be rerolled. Jurors who fail to respond in due course will also be rerolled.

The initial rolls are as follows:


- Voter number 25, Illiniwek.

- Voter number 57, Solid4096.

- Voter number 10, brucejoel99.

- Voter number 65, Virginia.

- Voter number 46, Poirot.

The selected jurors will be notified.

[Sestak]

Poirot having declined to serve, the drawn replacement is voter number 32, lfromnj.

[Sestak]

Ok, here's how we are going to do things.

I am drawing five additional names. Those five names (plus Virginia, who was already called) now have 24 hours (until end of day Saturday) to respond. If fewer than two respond affirmatively, we will call another group after that. If more than two respond, the first two by order of drawing will be selected.

The draws are:


Voter number 5, Archon
Voter number 27, Jimmy7812
Voter number 23, GregTheGreat
Voter number 39, Ninja0428
Voter number 33, libertpaulian

[Sestak]

For the moment, objection to the juror is denied. Should the juror prove inactive in his duties the court may reconsider its position.

[Sestak]

I ask that all grand jurors swear in by repeating the following oath, substituting their own name at the indicated point.

I, [username], do solemnly affirm that I will inquire diligently and objectively into all federal crimes about which I am presented evidence, to conduct such inquiry without malice, fear, ill will, or other emotion, and to render final decisions according only to the evidence presented to me and the instructions of the court.

[Sestak]

The prosecution may now bring its case by presenting relevant evidence to the charges they intend to bring and calling witnesses as required. All witnesses called must swear an oath to tell only the truth, the whole truth, and nothing other than the truth before they are allowed to give testimony. Grand jurors may ask questions of both the prosecution and the witnesses.

[Sestak]

After consultation with the grand jury, the results are as follows:

Young Texan is indicted on the charges of Rebellion, Refutation of Federal Supremacy in Law, Secession, Deprivation of Rights, and Terrorism.

Deadprez is indicted on the charges of Rebellion, Refutation of Federal Supremacy in Law, and Secession,

Mr. Reactionary is indicted on the charges of Refutation of Federal Supremacy in Law and Aiding a Rebellion. Mr. Reactionary is not indicted on the charge of Secession.

Reagente is indicted on the charges Refutation of Federal Supremacy in Law, Secession, Aiding a Rebellion, and Obstruction of Justice.

Sunmerican Dream is indicted on the charges of Refutation of Federal Supremacy in Law and Secession.

No indictments are issued for Contempt of Court as that charge is solely the prerogative of the court.