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Re:Facebook’s Data Deals Are Under Criminal Investigation by badfrog on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @07:56PM (#19385222)
Doesn't a grand jury meet after charges have been filed? Or is federal different than state in that respect?
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Re:Facebook’s Data Deals Are Under Criminal Investigation by rhizome on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @08:47PM (#19385497)
No. After charges are filed you go to court. Grand jury votes on the charges.
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Re:Facebook’s Data Deals Are Under Criminal Investigation by iscrewyou on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @08:00PM (#19385241)
I thought grand jury meets before charges are filed so they can authorize access to documentation and such things?
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Re:Facebook’s Data Deals Are Under Criminal Investigation by solomatov on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @08:27PM (#19385399)
IANAL, but grand juries do a lot of work before the charges are filled. For example, they check whether there's a probable cause for a search warrant.
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Re:Facebook’s Data Deals Are Under Criminal Investigation by mehrdadn on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @09:07PM (#19385624)
Do you know how grand juries are selected? I find it weird that I've been selected for a trial jury a bunch of times but never a grand jury.
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Re:Facebook’s Data Deals Are Under Criminal Investigation by Godel_unicode on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @11:31PM (#19386313)
Get a bigger hat, it's right there in the name.
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Re:Facebook’s Data Deals Are Under Criminal Investigation by solomatov on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @09:24PM (#19385723)
AFAIK, they are selected the same way as trial jury. I think the main problem is that there's less need for grand juries since they process information much more quickly than trial juries.
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