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Slaying of Virginia Lacrosse Star Yeardley Love Going to Grand Jury

Enough probable cause exists for the murder case against former University of Virginia lacrosse player George Huguely to move it forward to a grand jury, General District Judge Robert Downer has ruled after an emotional nine-hour hearing attended by many friends and family members of the victim and her former...

Man Pleads Not Guilty in Jaycee Dugard Kidnapping Case

PLACERVILLE, Calif. - An expected guilty plea by a convicted sex offender accused of kidnapping and raping a girl when she was 11 and holding her captive for 18 years was derailed Thursday when his lawyer alleged a grand jury was improperly selected and acted inappropriately. Public defender Susan Gellman, who represents...

Stepmother Charged With Murder in Death of Zahra Baker

Elisa Baker was indicted today on a charge of second-degree murder in connection with the death of her disabled 10-year-old stepdaughter, Zahra Clare Baker, whose remains were found in various locations around North Carolina. The indictment handed up by a grand jury in Catawba County, N.C., asserted that Baker had "a...

Grand Jury to Hear Domestic Abuse Case Against New Orleans Saints' Will Smith

It was an embarrassing moment for the New Orleans Saints defensive end Will Smith. One day he is being filmed by the NFL for a family moment to be shown nationally for Thanksgiving. They were picture perfect, he and his wife. A few days later, Smith was being dragged away to jail for pulling his wife by the hair. A pair...

Three Months Later, Where's Kyron?

(Sept. 3) -- Saturday will mark the three-month anniversary of the mysterious disappearance of Kyron Horman, and for everyone involved in the case of the missing Oregon boy, tensions are high as authorities remain tight-lipped about the status of the investigation. No suspects have been named, but a grand jury has been...

Background on grand jury

A grand jury is a type of jury that determines whether a criminal indictment will be issued. Currently, only the United States retains grand juries, although some other common law jurisdictions formerly employed them, and most other jurisdictions employ some other type of preliminary hearing.

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