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runaway grand jury

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A quick definition of runaway grand jury:

A runaway grand jury is a group of people who are chosen to sit permanently for at least a month and decide whether to issue indictments. Their primary function is to screen evidence and determine whether to charge someone with a crime. However, a runaway grand jury acts in opposition to the prosecution and may perversely fail to return an indictment that the prosecution has requested.

A more thorough explanation:

A runaway grand jury is a type of grand jury that acts against the prosecution. A grand jury is a group of people, usually 23, who decide whether to issue indictments in ex parte proceedings. They sit permanently for at least a month and sometimes up to a year. If the grand jury decides that there is enough evidence to hold a suspect for trial, it returns a bill of indictment charging the suspect with a specific crime.

However, a runaway grand jury acts perversely by failing to return an indictment that the prosecution has requested. This means that the grand jury is essentially opposing the prosecution and not fulfilling its duty to evaluate evidence and issue indictments when necessary.

For example, if a prosecutor presents strong evidence to a grand jury that a suspect committed a crime, but the grand jury refuses to issue an indictment, it could be considered a runaway grand jury.

Overall, a runaway grand jury is a rare occurrence, but it can happen when the grand jury members have biases or are influenced by external factors.

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HopefullyInLawSchool
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it means you will not be rejected today and may be accepted or WL in the future
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RoaldDahl
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@HopefullyInLawSchool: what if i already got rejected. does it mean anything
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Possibly
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Ya it was sent to all YM applicants
starfishies
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Anyone get the NDLS email inviting you to apply for something even though they haven’t made a decision on your app yet
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Better yet I got the email and I was rejected last month
starfishies
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and the deadline is in like a week what is this
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Sent a LOCI via portal, but I'm wondering if email would have gotten me a swifter response
BatmanBeyond
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This whole hold/wait-list/reserve system is a headache
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I think the user profiles are broken
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Any word out of Notre Dame?
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Only the invitation to apply for LSE
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Anyone received a decision from NDLS?
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how am i supposed to spy on people when profile links are broken?
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