An accusation by a grand jury charging a person with a crime. The process of indictment by grand jury bypasses the filing of a criminal complaint and the holding of a preliminary hearing, so prosecution begins...

Arrest warrant · Search warrant Probable cause · Knock-and-announce Exigent circumstance Reasonable suspicion Search and seizure · Search of persons Arrest  · Detention Right to silence · Miranda warning (U.S.) Grand...

A Milwaukee alderman shook down businesses in his district as recently as April, according to a federal indictment released Wednesday.A federal grand jury indicted Michael I. McGee Jr. on Tuesday on five felony counts of bribery, three of extortion and one financial-related violation. U.S. District...

An immigration official indicted on bribery and fraud charges is accused of taking money and gifts in exchange for freeing numerous illegal immigrants, including one who later killed a college student, federal officials said Wednesday.The Immigration and Customs Enforcement official also is accused of conspiring...

Prosecutors indicted presidential hopeful Ma Ying-jeou on corruption charges Tuesday, dealing a blow to the Harvard-educated lawyer widely considered to be a front-runner.Ma denied the charges in a televised speech and announced that he would run for president next year. Many have high hopes he...

Taiwanese prosecutors on Friday indicted the country's vice president and the chairman of the ruling party on graft charges, the latest in a series of scandals to hit the outgoing administration.Prosecutors, however, did not bring charges against the party's presidential candidate or his vice presidential...

Examines the power of suggestion with the film "Indictment" as a main source. Describes how the power of suggestion may influence the American judicial system.