How to Use grand jury in a Sentence

grand jury

noun
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  • The case is also set to be heard by a grand jury, the spokesperson said.
    — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The jail fired 10 guards, and the case will soon be presented to a grand jury.
    — Shaila Dewan, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2022
  • The grand jury charged that DiMaio’s claims were false.
    — Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2023
  • The feds say Mapes lied about it to the grand jury to protect Madigan.
    — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2023
  • Instead, the school board was mostly kept in the dark about the assaults, the grand jury found.
    — Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Clayton added that his office will present the case to a grand jury.
    — Amanda Musa, CNN, 3 Jan. 2023
  • The case will now be presented to a grand jury for review.
    — oregonlive, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Because the grand jury decided not to indict, the case has been dropped.
    — Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Stines' next court date in the murder case has not yet been set, as the grand jury has not yet served an indictment.
    — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Six of its eighteen members were Black, the first Black men to serve on a federal grand jury.
    — Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
  • The grand jury last Wednesday indicted her on all of those charges.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 29 May 2024
  • On March 13 of that year, a grand jury indicted Carter on murder charges in Markham’s death.
    — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 28 Sep. 2024
  • The judge said probable cause was the standard of proof for a grand jury to indict in the rejection.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Smith said Mitchell should have allowed a grand jury to decide if this case could go to trial.
    — Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2024
  • That includes the Golden Bear for best film going to the movie’s producers and the Silver Bear grand jury prize.
    — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2024
  • There are also process-crime charges involving perjury to the grand jury.
    — The Editors, National Review, 16 Aug. 2023
  • In June 2010, a grand jury indicted him on wire fraud and extortion charges.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2023
  • That day, Grayson was indicted on three counts of first-degree murder by a grand jury.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 25 July 2024
  • The foreperson for the civil grand jury that issued the report did not respond to a request for comment.
    — Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News, 25 July 2024
  • At the end of the hearing, a judge determined there was enough evidence for the first-degree murder case to go to a grand jury, per CNN.
    — Christine Pelisek, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
  • The shooting cases were awaiting to be presented to the grand jury when Bentley was killed.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 14 Dec. 2022
  • All seven are slotted to appear before a grand jury on March 21, court records show.
    — Aditi Sangal, CNN, 21 Mar. 2023
  • On May 21, a grand jury indicted the officers on most charges.
    — Grace Hauck, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2023
  • Before the indictments announced Thursday, Brito had been the only suspect charged by a grand jury in the case.
    — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
  • At least one Loudoun board member has already announced plans to push for a drastic response to the grand jury’s report.
    — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Mogg testified to the grand jury that there was no evidence that either Tupac or Knight had a weapon.
    — John L. Smith, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Wiles had been a grand jury witness before the indictment.
    — Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 3 June 2024
  • What specific crimes might the special grand jury be looking at?
    — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 6 Nov. 2022
  • In August, a grand jury declined to indict DeLao on a murder charge.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Despite the furor over the shooting, a grand jury declined to charge the eight police officers involved, finding the officers were legally justified in using deadly force against Walker.
    — Polo Sandoval, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024

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