# 3 Grand Jury The grand jury plays an important role in the criminal process‚ but not one that involves a finding of guilt or punishment of a party. Instead‚ a prosecutor will work with a grand jury to decide whether to bring criminal charges or an indictment against a potential defendant -- usually reserved for serious felonies. Grand jury members may be called for jury duty for months at a time‚ but need only appear in court for a few days out of every month. Regular court trial juries are usually
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preliminary examination and the role of the grand jury Analyze the prosecutor¿s duty to disclose exculpatory information Discuss prosecutorial misconduct. Explore the right to a preliminary examination and the role of the grand jury A preliminary hearing may not be held in every criminal case in which a "not guilty" plea is entered. Some states conduct preliminary hearings only when a felony is charged‚ and other states utilize a "grand jury indictment" process in which a designated
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"List and explain the differences between a trial jury and a grand jury." With every person convicted they have a right to trial and jury. There is a grand jury. Second kind of jury is a trial or petite jury. If the paragraphs below I will try to explain the differences between the two . A grand jury is a group of jurors who hear testimony for the prosecution’s witnesses as well as a statement about the crime from the prosecutor. A grand jury is run mostly by the prosecutor‚ and although the
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“The purpose of the Grand Jury is to hear evidence against an accused person (or persons) and determine whether there is sufficient evidence to bring the case to trial” (Worrall‚ 2016‚ p. 184). In other words‚ whether or not there is enough probable cause to indict a person of a felony crime or in cases of “great public or political significance” (Worrall‚ 2016‚ p. 186). The Grand Jury has significant investigative power and “in some case’s is able to issue an indictment faster than preliminary
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Amendment Indictment of Grand Jury The grand jury originated in England‚ under the rule of King John. The king selected the grand jury to be a body of his reign that would accuse no innocent person‚ and would shelter no guilty person. The Fifth Amendment of the United States protects people from self-incrimination by forcing the prosecution to obtain an indictment (complaint) from a grand jury before the case can be presented in trial before a court. Today‚ grand juries are virtually inexistent
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After the Norman Conquest in Britain‚ the concept of jury system were then imported‚ though in presence function were quite different compare to the early. The jury system is considered important in the English Legal system now‚ although only a small number of cases were used. It is absolute necessary role to ensuring the criminal justice system works for the advantage of the public rather than advantage of the unjust leader. In the trial process in England and Wales were involved. In the magistrates’
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The jury trial is often considered to be one of the most controversial elements of the criminal justice system in UK and Wales. Although for many people trial by jury seems to be the fairest and the most unbiased way of establishing the person’s guilt or innocence‚ the practice shows that this method has many disadvantages and may cause serious concerns in the society. In this small research we shall try to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the jury trial and describe further perspectives
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1. Why are juries important in the adversarial system? Juries are a panel of citizens selected randomly from the electoral role to determine the guilt or innocence of the accused‚ thus are a fundamental part of how the adversarial system functions. The right to a trial by jury is enshrined by the right to a fair trial. Juries enable a fair trial as they are members of the community who are making an impartial judgement based on what the two opposing sides presents to them‚ hence they are less prone
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“Along the way and in 1987‚ these 2 house staffers will be taken before a grand jury for possible murder charges and while the grand jury will not charge them with murder‚ it will charge them with 38 counts of gross negligence &/or gross incompetence. Under New York law‚ the investigative body for these charges was the Hearing Committee of the State Board for Professional Medical Conduct and between April 1987 and January 1989‚ this committee will have conducted 30 hearings at which 33 witnesses
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History of the Jury System Juries have been used in the legal system for over 1000 years. Originally they were used for providing local knowledge and information and acted more as witnesses than decision – makers. By the middle of the 15th Century‚ juries had become independent assessors and assumed their modern role as deciders of fact. Independence of the Jury Bushell’s Case (1670) – jurors refused to convict Quaker activists of unlawful assembly. The trial judge would not accept the ‘not
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