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A summary of federal perjury laws

NOTE: This article contains additional and updated material concerning U.S. federal law after passage of the First Step Act (P.L. 115- 391). This act was signed into law on December 21, 2018, introducing numerous criminal justice reforms and reshaping sentencing requirements at the U.S. federal level. If a person testifies…
Sami Azhari
February 3, 2020
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Overview of the federal grand jury

The purpose of the grand jury is to decide whether criminal charges should be filed against an individual. Grand jurors are selected for duty in much of the same way as jurors who sit on criminal trials. Each juror receives a summons to appear for jury duty and then, after…
Sami Azhari
February 8, 2011
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