Alan Webster III was arrested in May on a charge of second-degree rape. The case against him is now in limbo.

The judge is reviewing materials from the secret proceedings to determine whether there are grounds to dismiss the criminal case.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At the Maricopa County Courthouse, court proceedings are typically open to the public. Anyone can sit in on a criminal trial, an ...

There are plenty of legal tools grand juries can use to pry out evidence when no one will admit wrongdoing. The Hope Florida grand jury didn’t appear to use them.

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s recent decision in Kalbers v. DOJ confirms that documents produced solely in response to a grand jury subpoena are protected from disclosure under the ...

Grand jurors come from the same pool of registered voters as jurors who hear trials, said Butler County Clerk of Courts Mary Swain. Grand jurors serve for three months in Butler County, meeting one or ...

When Fairfield Municipal Court Judge Joyce Campbell received a call from Ohio Supreme Court Justice Maureen O’Connor, she knew it was important. “You know that is a call you always take,” Campbell ...

The top federal prosecutor in Chicago said he made a personal pitch to a grand jury before it indicted protesters who opposed the Trump administration's immigration sweeps last year. It is a rare ...

A grand jury is unlike a trial jury. A trial jury hears a case and decides a defendant’s guilt or innocence. The purpose of the grand jury is to determine if there is sufficient evidence against a ...