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Regular citizens have a crucial role in the justice system. Serving on a jury is a civic responsibility and jurors make some of the most important decisions in the legal process. Members of grand juries decide if there is 'probable cause' for cases to go to trial. Members of trial juries decide the verdicts in criminal and civil cases. This book explores the principles of the jury system and historic changes in an interesting and accessible way. Readers...
10) More guidance and supervision needed over federal grand jury proceedings: report to the Congress
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1980.
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English
12) The grand jury
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[2000]
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English
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Explains how the American grand jury system operates and some of the abuses of this system, using classic cases as illustrations.
14) Grand jury
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1996.
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English
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Features the personal odyssey of two grand jurors and ranging from the streets of Chinatown and New York's downtown court district to Hong Kong and China. A novel of corruption, conspiracy and courage that reaches all the way up to the highest levels of U.S. and Chinese officialdom.
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Executive rept. / 97th Congress 1st session Senate volume no. 97-35
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[1981]
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English
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