A grand jury is a jury—a group of citizens—empowered by law to conduct legal proceedings, investigate potential criminal conduct, and determine whether...
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Grand juries in the United States are groups of citizens empowered by United States federal or state law to conduct legal proceedings, chiefly investigating...
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been growing. Most trial juries are "petit juries", and usually consist of twelve people. A larger jury known as a grand jury has been used to investigate...
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The Grand Prix is an award of the Cannes Film Festival bestowed by the jury of the festival on one of the competing feature films. It is the second-most...
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indictment, the first of a former U.S. president, was approved by a Manhattan grand jury on March 30, 2023. On April 3, Trump traveled from his residence in Florida...
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In the United States, a citizen grand jury is a non-actionable, non-governmental organization that assumes a responsibility upon itself to accuse an individual...
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should be brought on an accused. Grand Jury may also refer to: Grand Jury (film), a 1936 film Grand Jury (TV series) Jury (disambiguation) This disambiguation...
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won awards at the American Sundance Film Festival. Grand Jury Prize Dramatic – Old Enough Grand Jury Prize Documentary – Style Wars Honorable Mention Documentary...
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types of juries: Investigative grand juries, charged with determining whether enough evidence exists to warrant a criminal indictment; petit juries (also...
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The CIA leak grand jury investigation (related to the "CIA leak scandal", also known as the "Plame affair") was a federal inquiry "into the alleged unauthorized...
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Susan Atkins (section Grand jury testimony)
to go with Charles "Tex" Watson and do as they were told. In Atkins' grand jury testimony, she stated that while in the car, Watson told the group they...
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Killing of Michael Brown (section Grand jury hearing)
The grand jury process was atypical because of significant and numerous departures from other normal grand jury proceedings. The American grand jury process...
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electoral college votes to Trump. A special grand jury recommended indictments in January 2023, followed by a grand jury that indicted Trump and 18 allies in...
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The Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize (also Jury Grand Prix, Grand Prize of the Jury) is an award given by the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival...
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grand jury criminal charges and nineteen indictments relating to fraud and drug offenses. There were three charges from the Hampton County grand jury...
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Joe Horn shooting controversy (section Grand jury)
the U.S. border controversy. On June 30, 2008, Horn was cleared by a grand jury in the Pasadena shootings. On November 14, 2007, Joe Horn, 61, spotted...
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Killing of Eric Garner (section Grand jury)
County Grand Jury." On September 29, the grand jury began hearing evidence in the Garner case. On November 21, Pantaleo testified before the grand jury for...
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Jury nullification, also known in the United Kingdom as jury equity or a perverse verdict, is when the jury in a criminal trial gives a verdict of not...
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This is the list of the winners of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize for dramatic features. 1978: Girlfriends The Whole Shootin' Match (second place) 1982:...
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The Grand Jury Prize is an award given at the Venice Film Festival to one of the feature films in competition slate since 1951. It is considered the second...
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August 3, 2017, Mueller empaneled a grand jury in Washington, D.C., as part of his investigation. The grand jury has the power to subpoena documents,...
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (section Grand jury)
2008, the National Archives of the United States published most of the grand jury testimony related to the prosecution of the Rosenbergs. Julius Rosenberg...
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exchange for testifying. Witnesses compelled by subpoena to appear before a grand jury are entitled to receive immunity in exchange for their testimony. The...
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A jury trial, or trial by jury, is a legal proceeding in which a jury makes a decision or findings of fact. It is distinguished from a bench trial in...
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Black Dahlia (section Grand jury and aftermath)
journalists' probing of details and unverified reporting. In September 1949, a grand jury convened to discuss inadequacies in the LAPD's homicide unit based on...
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Black Sox Scandal (section Grand jury (1920))
in September 1920, a grand jury was convened to investigate; Cicotte confessed to his participation in the scheme to the grand jury on September 28. On...
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in bringing the case to national prominence. After hearing evidence, a grand jury concluded in October 1988 that Brawley had not been the victim of a forcible...
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charges, in an amended grand jury indictment. Phillip's attorney, public defender Susan Gellman, alleged that the grand jury might have been selected...
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that the grand jury investigation had been inconclusive. In 2002, the statute of limitations on the grand jury's charges expired. The grand jury's vote to...
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prosecutor. Several months later the prosecution presented evidence to a grand jury, which declined to indict, primarily on the basis that Rice was drawing...
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