Sunshine Act: Grand Jury is Not Usually Involved
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By Anya Litvak  ANYA LITVAK           The Lancaster County Commissioners may have been the first ever to be prosecuted by a district attorney for violating the state's Sunshine law.
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A military judge ruled Monday that statements by President Bush and military leaders about alleged Abu Ghraib abuses do not appear specific enough to taint the jury pool for next month's trial of a reputed ringleader in the case.
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By Ian Berry, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn.  Sep. 8--Hamilton County Mayor Claude Ramsey says a recent Hamilton County grand jury report that blasts oversight of the Silverdale Workhouse included "blanket statements" that did not reflect all of the facts.
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There's not much middle ground in the legal community when it comes to opinions of local prosecutor Mike Nifong's most famous case.
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MONTREAL (CP) - The May 2 trial date for the former head of the federal sponsorship program is too close to a potentially damaging inquiry and may undermine his trial, his lawyer said Monday.
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WR Grace &amp; Co. said Friday it is the target of a federal grand jury investigation involving possible obstruction of federal agency proceedings as well as violations of and conspiracy to violate federal environmental laws.
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WASHINGTON - Federal sentencing guidelines that allow judges to impose harsher penalties on criminals without jury involvement should be upheld as constitutional to avoid mayhem in courthouses nationwide, a government lawyer told the Supreme Court Monday.   "This case concerns the constitutionality of 1,200 criminal sentences that take place in federal court every week," said acting Solicitor General Paul Clement...
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla.  - Voters displaced by  hurricanes or given flawed instructions should be allowed to  cast ballots outside their designated precincts, critics of  Florida's provisional ballot law told the state Supreme Court  on Wednesday.
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The case of a U.S. defense lawyer  charged with aiding terrorism is a troubling matter for a jury  that may be split into supporters of President Bush and those  who think his anti-terrorism policies threaten civil rights.
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Defense attorneys argued that Kobe Bryant&#39;s statements to investigators after the NBA star was accused of rape last summer should be kept secret because it is not yet certain they will be used in his trial.
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Doctors and lawyers who represent victims aren&#39;t going to declare peace just because voters put a few things in the state&#39;s constitution.
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By Anthony Spangler, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Sep. 5--A backlog in evidence-testing is creating delays throughout the criminal justice system, leaving prosecutors and local law enforcement authorities struggling to bring some cases to trial.
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To know Phil Spector is to indict him as far as a Los Angeles grand jury is concerned. Spector was in court Monday for the unsealing of a grand jury indictment that charges the reclusive
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By Linda Kleindienst and Chrystian Tejedor, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Jun. 21--At the request of Gov. Charlie Crist, the Florida Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to form a statewide grand jury to investigate a surge of gang violence in South Florida.
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By Bill Hirschman, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Dec. 12--Broward County's $23 million touch-screen voting system may be scrapped unless commissioners find a way to create a paper trail.
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An unusual question is before the Georgia Supreme Court: Should banishment of criminals be banned?
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By Stephanie Horvath, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 23--WELLINGTON -- A federal grand jury in Miami appears to have launched an investigation into several parcels of land in Wellington that are tied to some of the village's most prominent landowners.