Re:Wikileaks' Assange says Ecuador seeking to end his asylum
by dragonwriter on Monday October 29, 2018 @08:36PM
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> Any links to famous cases, or is it all secret squirrel that we can't be trusted to know about?
It is fairly common for indictments of persons not already in custody to be sealed initially if there may be issues with effecting arrest, and sometimes for other reasons (e.g., to avoid compromising parallel investigations). The grand jury process is intended to enforce probable cause requirements, not to provide notice to the accused so that they might better flee arrest.
Several of the indictments by the Special Counsel’s office, for some famous examples, were originally sealed.
It is fairly common for indictments of persons not already in custody to be sealed initially if there may be issues with effecting arrest, and sometimes for other reasons (e.g., to avoid compromising parallel investigations). The grand jury process is intended to enforce probable cause requirements, not to provide notice to the accused so that they might better flee arrest.
Several of the indictments by the Special Counsel’s office, for some famous examples, were originally sealed.