Alaska House Bill 7: A BILL THAT WOULD PROVIDE DUE PROCESS FOR JUDGES TO AVOID GRAND JURY INVESTIGATIONS
Alaska House Bill 7: A BILL THAT WOULD PROVIDE DUE PROCESS FOR JUDGES TO AVOID GRAND JURY INVESTIGATIONS By Jessica Schultz Pleasant The State of Alaska has been a circus fair grounds for officials within the government and its courts. Citizens are feeling they are the enemies of their own State. Previous articles have described the Supreme Court Order 1993 controversy. A grassroots Alaska Grand Jury Association has been fighting against the new authorities given to the Alaska Attorney General and approved prosecutors. The new powers include a DA refusing requests against his client [THE STATE] from going before the grand jury for civil investigation into the state. Unbeknownst to many is Alaska House Bill 7 (HB 7). SCO 1993 changed Criminal Rule 6.1, which prevented Alaska’s 35 year judicial investigator Marla Greenstein just days before her subpoenaed testimony before the grand jury. Greenstein would be considered an “administrative judicial officer”. HB 7 doesn’t use the DA...