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grytpype

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Tue Oct-18-05 10:08 PM
Response to Reply #22

28. No, because of grand jury secrecy requirements.

You see, the persons being investigated by a grand jury might be innocent and there may be no probable cause to charge them with a crime. So the rules are designed to protect those possibily innocent persons by imposing a secrecy requirement on the grand jurors and prosecutors. The GJ either indicts or it's a "no bill."

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