HOUSTON (AP) - Grand juries in Texas are chosen like no other place in the country. Rather than picking from a pool of randomly selected residents to hear criminal cases, judge-appointed commissioners ...

In 2009, Shirin Bryant watched as an all-white jury acquitted a white police detective who shot and killed her 18-year-old brother, Jashon, in the north end of Hartford. The detective, Robert Lawlor, ...

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - You've probably heard of a grand jury in the news or on TV crime shows but what exactly is a grand jury? And how is it different than a regular trial jury? The simplest ...

The case of Ahmaud Arbery has become a rallying cry for the Black Lives Matter movement and over the last two and half weeks, as the trial unfolded, race took center stage both inside and outside the ...

The acquittal of Brayan Ramos-Brito is more than just a legal victory for one individual; it is a powerful reaffirmation of the American jury system. After a federal jury in Los Angeles took just over ...

Jury nullification is a fancy term for what it’s called when juries — or, in this case, grand juries — say no. It doesn’t happen very often, which is why you may have never heard of it. The old line ...

Trial by jury has long been considered a jewel in the crown of America’s constitutional republic. Alexis de Tocqueville, who traveled the young nation observing its social, political and legal ...

I didn't want to write this, but I feel compelled to after my recent term of service on a Harris County grand jury. Our grand jury system in Harris County is broken. Something desperately needs to be ...

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The recent release of tape recordings from the Breonna Taylor Grand Jury and public statements by three of the anonymous Grand Jury members have offered America a rare look into an opaque system. The ...

Yakima County soon will see its first jury trial since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, thanks to a new jury selection system at the Yakima SunDome. There, prospective jurors will be spread out ...