What is the Grand Jury? What if I want to contact the Grand Jury?
The Grand Jury consists of twelve persons selected at random from the jury venire list. The historic function of the grand jury was to guard against oppressive action by the government against a citizen by screening criminal allegations through a panel of ones peers prior to any charge actually being brought. In this state a charge which carries a possible penalty of life imprisonment or death must be brought through a grand jury indictment.
