While the origins of the grand jury are ancient—an ancestor of the modern grand jury was included in the Magna Carta—today, the United States is the only country in the world that uses grand ...

United States Attorney: The chief legal officer for the United States government in each federal district. Source: Federal Handbook for Grand Jurors There are several reasons why grand jury ...

In the United States, there are two types of juries: petit (or trial) juries and grand juries. When most people hear the word "jury", they tend to envision the former.

Here’s how indictments work in the United States’ legal system. Unlike a criminal trial, where a jury has to reach a unanimous verdict, a grand jury can issue an indictment with a simple majority.

The secrecy of grand jury proceedings across the United States has fueled distrust of law enforcement authorities, particularly in cases of police officers accused of using excessive force.

In some court systems in the United States, an indictment is required to criminally charge someone. A grand jury in Georgia has indicted former President Donald Trump.

Grand juries originated in 12 th-century England to prosecute criminals; in the 20 th century, England abolished them. Other members of the former British Empire—Scotland, Wales, New Zealand ...

Grand juries have roots in 12th-century England, where they were used as a screening device to reduce the workload of royal judges, according to the Texas District and County Attorneys Association.

A federal grand jury in Boston indicted Kseniia Petrova, a Russian-born Harvard scientist, in connection with attempting to smuggle clawed frog embryos and embryonic samples into the United States.

In the many reports about grand juries in Missouri and New York not charging police officers who used deadly force, few have discussed a reality that crosses racial, political and social lines ...

A Manhattan grand jury has indicted Donald J. Trump for his role in paying hush money to an adult film star. That is only the first step in what is likely to be a long legal battle. An indictment ...

The woman charged in connection to the killing of a United States Border Patrol Agent in northern Vermont has now been ...