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To: HAL9000

"I expect we'll hear that a grand jury is issuing subpoenas soon..."

I don't understand this. Why is a grand jury needed? I would think the DOJ would just need to file charges and go to trial.


31 posted on 07/24/2004 10:40:02 PM PDT by olinr
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To: olinr
I don't understand this. Why is a grand jury needed? I would think the DOJ would just need to file charges and go to trial.

I believe the Seventh Amendment of the U.S. Constitution requires an indictment from a grand jury.

41 posted on 07/24/2004 11:16:26 PM PDT by HAL9000
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To: olinr

The sequence is investigate, indict, bring to trial, convict. This situation is just beginning to develop. Federal indictments are possible only thru a grand jury in other jurisdictions an indictment can come from a judge as well.


90 posted on 07/26/2004 7:42:46 AM PDT by justshutupandtakeit (America's Enemies: foreign and domestic RATmedia agree Bush must be destroyed.)
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