In re a Grand Jury Subpoena

A single justice of this court has reserved and reported without decision the question whether we should create, on the basis of social policy considerations, a testimonial privilege for the parents of juveniles who have been subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury investigating the possible rape of another minor child by the juveniles.1 Because we conclude that the Legislature, in the first instance, is the more appropriate *591body to weigh the relative social policies and address whether and how such a privilege should be created; because the Legislature has not, to date, considered whether…