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Charges can be brought forward in criminal cases in one of three ways: through an indictment by a grand jury, a filing directly by a prosecutor or a police officer can make a probable cause arrest, said Kendall Coffey, a former U.S Attorney in Miami now in private practice.An indictment is a statement of charges. An indictment alone does not mean a defendant is guilty.
The grand jury is part of the prosecutor’s investigative process, and lets prosecutors test their evidence and get a reaction.grand juror’s handbook “The grand jury has an awesome responsibility,” states the New York handbook. “It uses its power both as a sword and as a shield: a sword to accuse or indict those whom there is reason to believe have committed crimes; a shield to protect the innocent against unfounded accusations.”
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