Indictment Process Quotes

Defendants are being evaluated based on numerical grid without any aggravating circumstances being considered. The effect has been to transfer the disparity from the judge to the prosecutor allowing for a great deal of leeway on indictments.

Indictments don't mean anything; men are entitled to be innocent until they are proved guilty.

A grand jury would 'indict a ham sandwich,' if that's what you wanted.

One mechanism of repression is the grand jury.

Whether the Constitution allows indictment of a sitting president is debatable.

As a former prosecutor, I never presented a case in front of the grand jury that didn't result in an indictment. Bottom line: If a prosecutor wants to indict a case, the case gets indicted.

No responsible scholar who thinks a sitting president cannot be indicted also thinks an attorney general can try to truncate a process of oversight - by Congress, for example - by 'pre-clearing' the president in advance.

An indictment is not a conviction.

I'd just like to know what a cop WOULD have to do to get indicted - and what good are cop cameras since Eric Garner IS on tape?

A federal grand jury can indict on no evidence at all. I want everyone to understand that the fact that there's an indictment means nothing, zippo, absolutely nothing.

Many legal experts note that prosecutors regularly seek indictments of people or companies for destroying evidence or impeding investigations, even if they cannot prove other charges.