Calling All Legal Intellects
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Starblayde
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patient1 said:
Please let me be the voice for the silent majority viewing at home when i say:
"Huh?"
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Mr. Cheyenne
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Sorry sir.
The Grand Jury is an alternative to a Preliminary Hearing.
In a preliminary hearing the prosecution presents evidence to the judge in a trial-like proceding, in the presence of the defense. The purpose is not to determine guilt or innocense, but whether there is sufficient evidence for a full trial.
A Grand Jury is selected much like any other. The jury makes the decision about the validity of the charges. The procedure may be closed to the public. A prosecutor makes charges against various defendants or potential defendants, & subpoenas witnesses, mostly. Kenneth Starr had a Grand Jury. O.J. had a preliminary hearing.
They're just two ways of bringing a crime to trial.Neither determine guilt or innocense.
The Grand Jury is an alternative to a Preliminary Hearing.
In a preliminary hearing the prosecution presents evidence to the judge in a trial-like proceding, in the presence of the defense. The purpose is not to determine guilt or innocense, but whether there is sufficient evidence for a full trial.
A Grand Jury is selected much like any other. The jury makes the decision about the validity of the charges. The procedure may be closed to the public. A prosecutor makes charges against various defendants or potential defendants, & subpoenas witnesses, mostly. Kenneth Starr had a Grand Jury. O.J. had a preliminary hearing.
They're just two ways of bringing a crime to trial.Neither determine guilt or innocense.
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Starblayde
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Based on your description...
Sounds to me like the Grand Jury option is for publicity, making a public-viewable spectacle to sway the proper trial in the prosectution's favour.
While the prelim. hearing option seems a normal way to decide on whether a full trial should be called or not
But then i'm a 19 y-o english student who knows bugger-all about it.
Sounds to me like the Grand Jury option is for publicity, making a public-viewable spectacle to sway the proper trial in the prosectution's favour.
While the prelim. hearing option seems a normal way to decide on whether a full trial should be called or not
But then i'm a 19 y-o english student who knows bugger-all about it.
