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Article: The Grand Jury That Couldn't; Frustrated by Rocky Flats Prosecutor, Panel Tried Mutiny
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- November 10, 1992
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It is almost unheard of for a grand jury to rebel against a
prosecutor, but the members of Special Grand Jury 89-2 didn't know
that. Or if they did, they didn't care.
For 2 1/2 years, they had heard evidence of what went on at the
federal Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant, described by the
government as potentially one of the most dangerous industrial
operations in the world. They heard of toxic acid spills,
contamination that threatened the area's drinking water supplies,
and other environmental crimes. And they were determined to indict
somebody, even when the prosecutors said they couldn't.
When the government's lawyers told the jurors they had wrapped
up the case with a corporate plea ...