If you are accused of a crime, before any of the TV-show-exaggerated courtroom scenes take a grip on your mind, there will be a relatively straightforward -- yet incredibly important -- proceeding called a bail hearing. One of the things that happens at this hearing...
Criminal Defense
What are grand jury proceedings and how do they impact criminal cases?
Readers have undoubtedly heard about the recent decisions in Missouri and New York not to prosecute officers accused of killing unarmed African American men. In both cases, grand juries declined to issue indictments of the officers involved in the incidents. Readers...