Grand jury

There are two types of juries that are used in federal court proceedings and trials. The jury of a court can either be a grand jury or a trial jury. Said juries are used in a variety of ways and under certain conditions. The grand jury decides whether there was enough probable cause to send the suspect to trial. If the grand jury decided that indeed there was a sufficient amount of incriminating evidence that could prove the guilt of the suspect, the arrestee is then indicted and taken to arraignment. At the arraignment, the defendant will be informed of the charges that he or she is being prosecuted for. The accused will also then be required to plead either guilty or not guilty. If the defendant pleads not guilty and does not pursue a plea…

are not new. Repressing those movements by using grand juries are not new. There are reasons why grand juries should be resisted. The governments utilized grand jury investigations is used against our communities. They have been used to silence and intimidate activists of any and mostly every movement that has come by. The states are succeeding to destabilized movements and fosters distrust by people cooperating with the grand jury. The grand jury validates the state’s intentions of imposing…

With the recent decisions to refrain from bringing charges, many have begun to question the whole grand jury system. This situation has caused certain “leaders in New York [to call] for special prosecutors, or the attorney general, to investigate all fatal encounters” (McKinley & Baker, n.d.). Legal experts have said that because the prosecutors select a “special grand jury to investigate police-related deaths, they insulate themselves from the final decision, while appearing to fulfill the…

On Thursday, Special Counsel Robert Mueller, along with a Virginia grand jury, indicted Paul Manafort and Rick Gates on a combined 32 counts of criminal charges. These charges range from filing false tax returns, all the way up to conspiracy to defraud multiple banks of more than $22 million through loans. Manafort was also accused of funneling as much as $30 million through offshore banks in order to conceal it from the United States. These charges will be added to the previous 12 charges they…

Per Reporter: Teresa and Robert was recently evicted from their home in Kosciusko. Rickey (Teresa’s uncle) found Teresa and Robert home, but they wouldn’t pay their rent. Rickey paid all the utility bills in the home. Teresa and Robert has been living on the street. Teresa and Robert uses drugs (pills) abuse. Teresa lost custody of her other children (Nova Lee & Ashton) due to drug abuse. Ashton is in the care of Michelle (maternal grandmother) and CPS placed Nova Lee with an unknown family.…

Several Grand Jury hearings were held, but none were shown to indict (n.a., 2016). In 2013, released court documents revealed that in a 1999 Grand Jury hearing, the jury voted to indict JonBenét’s parents. The charges to be brought: child abuse resulting in death. The district attorney refused to sign the indictment stating that the case lacked sufficient evidence to be able to charge the couple. As the case got older and no new evidence surfaced, investigators were moved to other cases and the…

Answering the question as to whether or not I think the case was handled properly provides little challenge when considering the basics: a young man was killed, the person who killed the young man was tried by a jury, and the accused was acquitted of the crime. In essence, the criminal justice system worked when viewing this case from that overarching perspective, but when we consider how we got from the death of Trayvon Martin to the acquittal of George Zimmerman, I am of the opinion the case…

United States. v. Dunn Bench Memorandum The purpose of this bench memorandum is to inform the District Court Judge on the significance of Dunn v. United States in refining 18 U.S.C. § 1623, “False declarations before a court or grand jury”, and 18 U.S.C. § 1621, “Perjury generally”, as well as explaining the fundamental purpose of due process. Specifically, this bench memorandum should serve as a reference for District Court judges on how to draft jury instructions about these laws. Statement…

The grand jurors listen to evidence and decide whether charges should be brought against an individual that’s if they decide to indict someone. “In the United States the prosecutor presents evidence at a hearing before a grand jury, which may or may not return an indictment for trial” (Prosecutor. (2014). Encyclopædia Britannica,) If the grand jury decides to indict it returns as a "true bill.", but if not the grand jury returns a "no bill". Although a jury can return a no bill it doesn’t mean…

This hearing determines if there is sufficient evidence that exists against an offender to continue the criminal justice process. The judge in this step searches for a probable cause to prove a crime was committed and the suspect accomplished doing so. Nevertheless, if a probable cause is determined, the accused suspect is held for trial on the information, which results in formal charging. In federal cases and other states, there is a grand jury that is empanelled to determine if there is…