In empaneling a special investigative grand jury to probe the city's child welfare agency, Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes put part of Mayor Michael Bloomberg 's administration in prosecutors' cross hairs. ❋ Michael Howard Saul (2011)
What its proposal, emailed to reporters a couple minutes ago, actually concerns is empaneling an investigation into abuses which may have been committed by U.S. officials or agents in connection with the U.S. response to the events of September 11, 2001, or in relation to alleged acts or threats against national security, and which at a minimum will investigate detentions, renditions and the alleged use of torture and other mistreatment of detainees. ❋ Unknown (2008)
This demand sent startled city attorneys scurrying to their statute books to find a precedent for empaneling a jury to hear a municipal ordinance violation, normally disposed of with a hearing, a fine, and a stern word from the bench. ❋ Michael Hiltzik (2010)
“My personal view of whether doubt exists as to what a second jury would do is not a subtitute for actually empaneling a second jury.” ❋ Unknown (2009)
My personal view of whether doubt exists as to what a second jury would do is not a subtitute for actually empaneling a second jury. ❋ Unknown (2009)
In this case, I think empaneling a new jury is a waste of time and money. ❋ Unknown (2009)
UPDATE: The Kansas City Star reported on Thursday that because of this decision, no appeal will be filed to challenge empaneling of a similar grand jury in Johnson County to investigate Planned Parenthood's activities there. ❋ Howard M. Friedman (2007)
Wednesday empaneling was finished; the trial started. ❋ Unknown (2006)
As for the subpoenas and the empaneling of a grand jury, as reported in The Times, Mr. Klinkhammer said that he was never notified. ❋ Unknown (2001)
And this has been transferred into an investigation under the U.S. attorney in New York, the southern district of New York, Mary Jo White, and she said it's going to be empaneling that grand jury, and that means that everything, those proceedings are secret, so we do not know yet whether they are currently seeking indictment. ❋ Unknown (2001)
On the day of Gore's big speech, this was the breaking news, independent counsel Robert Ray empaneling a new grand jury in the Monica Lewinsky investigation to decide whether to indict Bill Clinton after he leaves office. ❋ Unknown (2000)
I applaud the courage that the President has shown by empaneling this commission. ❋ ITY National Archives (1994)
“Glabrio is empaneling a committee to fix damages, but I'm afraid they won't be huge,” said Cicero to Hiero of Lilybaeum. ❋ McCullough, Colleen, 1937- (1993)
The next thing in order was the empaneling of a petit jury. ❋ A.L.O. C. (N/A)
I had asked and received permission to sit beside Sandy until such time as the empaneling should begin; and as we took our seats in that dread place I had a taste of the terror of the law which daunts my spirit to this day. ❋ Elinor Macartney Lane (1886)
"Given the nature of the allegations, the involvement of al-Qaeda, a foreign terrorist organization with global reach and a history of targeting civilians in New York City, and the virtual certainty of substantial media and public attention, a fair trial requires empaneling an anonymous jury and the other requested protective measures," prosecutors wrote. ❋ AP (2012)
Attorney General Tom Corbett is empaneling the grand jury to focus on public corruption and organized crime, and possibly environmental crimes and insurance fraud, spokesman Kevin Harley said Friday. ❋ Greg Palmer (2009)
With emergency powers, will the administration even need to await Congressional approval before empaneling tribunals that will decide who's too sick to be saved? ❋ Unknown (2009)
