The Grand Jury is one of the three checks and balances in a criminal case, these are in order of occurrence in the process - grand jury, the judge, the appeals court. The first step in most high crimes is the indictment. An indictment is the American people declaring that there is reasonable suspicion to believe that the person being accused could have had means, motive, and opportunity to have committed the alleged crime and need to stand trial. However, during the grand jury phase you will only hear from the prosecutors. The information they want to be allowed or are prohibited to give you has already been determined without your presence.
If the grand jury returns a true bill, the accused will stand trial for the alleged crime. This means the prosecutor successfully proved to the people that with the facts at hand were sufficient to believe that the person could have committed the crime.
On the other hand they could return a no ture bill, which declares that the prosecutor did not meet enough facts or did not give a compelling enough argument to make the American people believe the accused committed the crime.
The initial purpose of the Grand Convention was to address the problems in governing in the United States. The intention was to revise or rewrite the Articles of Confederation.
A jury trial is a legal trial in which the defendant's guilt or innocence is determined by a group of twelve average members of the community instead of a judge. I suppose a jury trail is the path a jury takes on their way to the court room. ;)
Because you are more likely to get a fair sentence if you have a jury
The protections available to criminal offenders through the Bill of Rights that do not currently apply to states are known as unincorporated rights. These rights include the right to indictment by a grand jury and the right to be protected from excessive bail or fines.
a court trial that includes a jury
The Grand Jury is to decide if the evidence warrants prosecution.
There are a few purposes of a grand jury. The main reason for having a grand jury is to make sure that there will be a fair trial.
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The purpose of a grand jury is to make sure that the prosecution has enough evidence to show reasonable cause and that the evidence in question is relevant to move into trial.
c. decided is the evidence warrants prosecution.
The Grand JJury determines if the state has enough evidence for a person to be brought to trial.
The grand jury listens to all the evidence in a case against the accused and decides whether to charge the individual with the crime. This is called an indictment or an information.
The grand jury listens to all the evidence in a case against the accused and decides whether to charge the individual with the crime. This is called an indictment or an information.
The grand jury does not convict anyone of anything. The grand jury hears the evidence presented by the prosecutor. If the grand jury thinks the prosecutor has adequate evidence, then the grand jury indicts that person. A trial will then be held before a petite jury, or small jury. It is that jury that determines if someone will get the death penalty.
GJ evaluates evidence in the case to see if it warrants prosecution
They answer questions put to them by the prosecutor in charge of the grand jury and occasionally, answer questions from members of the grand jury itself.
No. A Grand Jury is a closed hearing.