Article: Kerik's rise and fall

Article: Toward a more independent grand jury: Recasting and enforcing the prosecutor's duty to disclose excuplatory evidence
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...

Article: The grand jury and health care crimes: what every physician executive needs to know.(Health Law Update)
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...

Article: A proposed addition to the federal rules of criminal procedures requiring the disclosure of the prosecutor's legal instructions to the Grand Jury
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...

Article: New grand jury called for West Palm review: Mayor criticized report that found `pay-to-play' atmosphere.
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...

Article: 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...

Article: Watchdog goes to grand jury.
Appeal-Democrat (Marysville, CA);  March 1, 2007 ;     481 words ......employees and elected officials to the grand jury Wednesday. The Sutter County Taxpayers Association filed a complaint with the grand jury, an entity that has been in the association...President Robert Mackensen, asks the grand jury to investigate Sutter County officials...

Article: 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 ...

Article: 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...

Article: GRAND JURY ISSUES:SARA SUN BEALE
Congressional Testimony;  July 27, 2000 ;     700+ words ......regarding constitutional rights and the grand jury. I would like to focus on the history of the federal grand jury and general perspectives on proposals...grand juries operate. The history of the grand jury The English origins of the grand jury...

Article: The grand jury legal advisor: resurrecting the grand jury's shield.
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology;  June 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ......American criminal legal system, the model grand jury is one that exercises independent judgment...commonly referred to as the sword, the grand jury uncovers wrongdoing and criminal misconduct...First, most observers are barred from grand jury sessions, which are shrouded in secrecy...

Article: 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...

Article: THE USEFUL, DANGEROUS FICTION OF GRAND JURY INDEPENDENCE
The American Criminal Law Review;  January 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......the Supreme Court, is that the federal grand jury is a "protective bulwark," whose central...civil rights institution, however, the grand jury is an odd one. It is championed by the...which generally opposes any changes to grand jury procedures, even though it is federal...

Article: GRAND JURY REFORM.(Main)(Editorial)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  March 15, 1990 ;     414 words ......campaign has been renewed to scrap New York's grand jury system. The grand jury, an English invention brought to this country...now. But England itself has long abandoned the grand jury proceeding and America should, too. Defenders...

Article: 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...