A former Homer judge has been indicted on a felony charge of perjury. While many elements are still unknown, the case could signal that an activist group has successfully influenced the way Alaska’s grand jury system works.
sided against Haeg, upholding his conviction. “Haeg also makes numerous assertions of widespread judicial corruption,” the opinion says. “But virtually all of these assertions are based on judicial rulings with which Haeg disagrees.”
On rare occasions, grand juries have been formed in Alaska to investigate specific issues of public concern. In the 1980s, anBut citizens interested in getting a grand jury to investigate an issue or allegation of concern have typically gone through a state prosecutor. Haeg and his supporters say that’s a problem, and that citizens should be able to directly, without mediation from the court system or state Department of Law, put topics on a grand jury agenda.
Haeg, meanwhile, mobilized his supporters to stage protests at the Kenai Courthouse, waving signs with slogans like “Let the Grand Jury Investigate” and “Grand Juries Have the Power.”“We said OK, we’re gonna start protests in front of the courthouse. We’re gonna start asking people going into the courthouse, are you a grand juror?” Haeg said. “They say yeah, we’re gonna say, ‘Hey, I want you to investigate.
Haeg says state Rep. Ben Carpenter, a Republican from Nikiski, with support from Gov. Mike Dunleavy “agreed to convene a special grand jury” that would investigate Haeg’s claims itself.for the conservative website Must Read Alaska in 2022 supporting Haeg’s cause.
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