Grand Jury in Nebraska, The
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Authors
Shugrue, Richard E.
Issue Date
2000
Volume
33
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1
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Journal Article
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INTRODUCTION|In an age in which many, if not most, commentators have come to criticize the utility and practice of the grand jury system of indicting people for criminal conduct, Nebraska has reexamined its century-old practice of relying on elected prosecutors for investigating crime and charging criminals. Nebraska has, under limited circumstances, returned to the ancient system of grand jury inquest into certain conduct. Nebraska's determination was predicated on a belief, by the proponents of the use of this citizen panel, that in the class of cases where the grand jury would be the tool by which society investigated and charged, it alone could be unbiased, uncorrupted and fair. The grand jury served the English system for ages and the American national government since the beginning of the republic. Over a...
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33 Creighton L. Rev. 39 (1999-2000)
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Creighton University School of Law