grand jury

Definizioni

A group of citizens assembled by the government to hear evidence against an accused, and determine whether an indictment for a crime should be brought.

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Esempi

“Though the current wave of die-ins began after grand juries in Ferguson and New York City refused to indict the cops who used lethal force against Michael Brown and Eric Garner, they tap into a deep well of what professor Salamishah Tillet calls “civic estrangement” from a state that ignores excessive police violence against black and brown people.”

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