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A California man was indicted by a federal grand jury in Atlanta on charges of threatening Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of ...
A transcript of the grand jury proceedings, published in a Palm Beach Post lawsuit, prompted renewed scrutiny over how prosecutors handled the case. Making sense of Jeffrey Epstein's grand jury ...
Gipson faces a federal charge of attempted coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Sacramento announced Thursday in a news release. The ...
A grand jury's constitutional role is to prevent prosecutorial misconduct, verifying that the presented information (accusation) is sufficient evidence to pursue a prosecution. To achieve this, a grand jury is given investigative powers such as being able to issue subpoenas and compel witnesses to testify without a lawyer present. [6]
In United States v. Anderson, [25] when Brady material is contained within Jencks Act material disclosure is generally timely if the government complies with the Jencks Act. The Jencks Act applies to statements "in the possession of the United States". [26] This means in the possession of the federal prosecutor. [27] [28] [29] [30]
A grand jury is a jury empowered by law to conduct legal proceedings, investigate potential criminal conduct, and determine whether criminal charges should be brought. A grand jury may subpoena physical evidence or a person to testify. A grand jury is separate from the courts, which do not preside over its functioning. [1]
A California prosecutor whose office is reviewing dozens of death penalty convictions over allegations of decades-old racial bias said Wednesday that she is weighing whether to retry another case ...
Josh Wolf, March 2009. Joshua Selassie "Josh" Wolf [1] (born June 8, 1982) is an American freelance journalist and internet videoblogger [2] who was jailed by a Federal district court on August 1, 2006, for refusing to turn over a collection of videotapes he recorded during a July 2005 demonstration in San Francisco, California.