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grand jury
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Lucky, by Sebold
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- It was a hearing held to determine if there was enough evidence in the case to support a grand jury.
Chpt 8grand jury = the meeting of a group of citizens who decide whether there is enough evidence to formally accuse someone of a crime
- "Held for action of the grand jury," the judge said finally.
Chpt 8 *grand jury = a group of citizens who decide whether there is enough evidence to formally accuse someone of a crime
- She was happy I had Tess with me, asked questions about when the grand jury would be held, and fretted about the lineup— any close proximity to him.
Chpt 8
- I was being subpoenaed to testify before the grand jury on November 4 at 2:00 P.M. I was supposed to go down to Marshall Street with Lila after she got back from class.†
Chpt 8
- I had black and I had red, neither of which was an appropriate choice for the virgin coed the grand jury would expect.†
Chpt 9
- She explained that I was about to view a lineup and that afterward we would talk about the grand jury and she would tell me exactly what to expect, how the room would look when I walked in, how many civilians there would be in the room, and what kind of questions they might ask—questions, she warned, that might be hard to answer but that I must.†
Chpt 9
- "The grand jury," she said.†
Chpt 9
- At two I was brought into a waiting area outside the grand jury room.†
Chpt 9
- I may seem colder to you in there than I am right now but, remember, we're in there to win an indictment and to a certain extent—well, the grand jury is made up of twenty-five civilians, and we're onstage.†
Chpt 9
- That night following the grand jury testimony, I called Madison a "motherfucker" in the privacy of my dorm room while I pounded my pillow and bed with my fists.†
Chpt 9
- I told her about the grand jury and the lineup and about Gail.†
Chpt 10
- "Pursuant to your request," it read in part, "this is to advise you that the above-mentioned captioned defendant has been indicted by the grand jury."†
Chpt 10
- My weekends consisted of waiting for the grand jury and then what followed.†
Chpt 10
- If you're as strong as you were at the prelim and grand jury, Paquette will have to have him take the stand.†
Chpt 11
- Do you remember testifying about this lineup in a grand jury proceeding?†
Chpt 11
- Do you remember—looking at page sixteen of the grand jury minutes, line ten—'You picked him out of the lineup?†
Chpt 11
Definitions:
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(1)
(grand jury) a group of citizens who decide if there is enough evidence to formally accuse someone of a crime
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)