Toward a more independent grand jury: Recasting and enforcing the...

The Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics;  April 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...INTRODUCTION The bromide that "a grand jury would indict a ham sandwich if the prosecutor...over the flow of information before the grand jury. Notwithstanding this almost universal...prosecutor wields great power before the grand jury, it would probably surprise most lay...

The grand jury and health care crimes: what every physician executive...

Physician Executive;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......offenses, as well as the government's use of the grand jury, continue to increase. The grand jury serves the dual function as both a sword and...executives understand the workings of the grand jury, as the criminalization of health care malfeasance...

A proposed addition to the federal rules of criminal procedures requiring...

The American Criminal Law Review;  October 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...The grand jury serves as the government's criminal investigative...Fathers that it was enshrined in the Grand Jury Clause of the Fifth Amendment, which...unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury."2 Notwithstanding its long history,3...

New grand jury called for West Palm review: Mayor criticized report that...

South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL);  February 9, 2007 ;     700+ words ......WEST PALM BEACH -- Complaints about a grand jury's final report on pay-to-play corruption...Krischer on Thursday to designate a second grand jury to revisit the investigation. Last Friday, the first grand jury released a 12-page report that found...

CRAWFORD KEEPS GRAND JURY AT WORK

Post-Tribune (IN);  February 15, 1988 ;     544 words ......THE PRINTED VERSION. The Lake County grand jury is alive and well, despite a pledge by...Crawford recently drew headlines by having a grand jury indict Hammond City Controller Edward...said Crawford appears to be using the grand jury as much if not more than in the past...

GRAND JURY ISSUES:ANDREW D. LEIPOLD

Congressional Testimony;  July 27, 2000 ;     700+ words ......27, 2000 Constitutional Rights and the Grand Jury I. Background Few parts of the criminal...withstood the criticism better, than the grand jury. Although the 5th Amendment to the Constitution...serious criminal charges be subjected to grand jury review, modern commentators are ...

JONBENET RAMSEY CASE TAKES NEW TURN, GOES TO GRAND JURY.(News)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  September 15, 1998 ;     537 words ......months after JonBenet Ramsey was killed, a grand jury is expected to convene today to review...and continue the investigation. ``The grand jury is not being convened merely to decide...since shortly after the killing. ``The grand jury is being convened because investigators...

Grand jury empaneled in fatal 2000 Seton Hall dorm fire

University Wire;  October 24, 2001 ;     399 words ......U-WIRE) SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. -- A special grand jury was selected and empaneled to consider...injured 58 others. The 23 members of the grand jury were selected on Friday, Oct. 12, out...Essex County Prosecutor's Office. The grand jury will also hear testimony to consider...

JUDGE SAYS HE WON'T HALT GRAND JURY WORK.(News)

The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY);  November 17, 2005 ;     560 words ......refused to halt the work of the special grand jury that has been examining the personnel...governor in late August prevented the grand jury from indicting anyone for any crime that...issue pardons is awesome, he noted that a grand jury's authority is also expansive. We hold...

New hope in old case Grand jury could probe vanishing of Beth Miller

Rocky Mountain News;  June 21, 2006 ;     700+ words ......mayor of Georgetown is optimistic that a grand jury may be seated this year in the decades-o...of her sister, Beth Miller. And if a grand jury is empaneled, Granger said, she believes...one dead and one still living - that a grand jury should focus on. "The D.A. agrees, the...

Ex-officer indicted in rape Suffolk grand jury listens to prostitute's...

The Boston Globe;  June 17, 1994 ;     699 words ...After one grand jury indicated it didn't believe a prostitute...district attorney's office turned to a new grand jury yesterday to win an indictment against...move, prosecutors impaneled a second grand jury to hear evidence in the Coogan case...

DA's use of 2d grand jury questioned Critics call officer's indictment...

The Boston Globe;  June 18, 1994 ;     700+ words ......attorney's office to call in a second grand jury to indict a former Boston police officer...upcoming election. The use of a second grand jury to indict retired Officer Leo F. Coogan...highly improper," Weinstein said. "The grand jury is supposed to be an independent body...

BUMPERS EXPANDS SCOPE OF GRAND JURY REFORM LEGISLATION

Capitol Hill Press Releases;  July 10, 1998 ;     619 words ......July 10, 1998 BUMPERS EXPANDS SCOPE OF GRAND JURY REFORM LEGISLATION WASHINGTON -- U.S...legislation to expand reforms of the grand jury system he first proposed in May, including...while testifying, stricter enforcement of grand jury secrecy, and requirements that prosecutors...

TENTH MULTICOUNTY GRAND JURY ISSUES FINAL REPORT

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 28, 2006 ;     421 words ......release: Oklahoma's Tenth Multicounty Grand Jury adjourned today after issuing a final...Richard Gray. In its final report, the grand jury accused Gray of creating a "nest of deception...behavior which harbors corruption." "This grand jury investigated and returned indictments...

Court Voids Restraint on Testimony Given to Grand Jury;Florida Law...

The Washington Post;  March 22, 1990 ;     604 words ......Court ruled unanimously yesterday that grand jury witnesses may not be barred permanently...court said a Florida statute prohibiting grand jury witnesses from discussing the "content...similar rules outlawing disclosure of grand jury testimony. Of the remaining states, 21...