Reply #60: Flat out wrong

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Federal grand juries are similar to state grand juries in many ways. For example, the federal grand jury meets in secret and no judge, defendant or criminal defense attorney is present. The U.S. Attorney (federal prosecutor) presents the case to the 16- to 23-person panel that is selected from the community, and a simple majority is all that is required for a federal grand jury indictment, which is prepared by the foreman and delivered to the Federal Magistrate (judge). After a grand jury indictment, a warrant is subsequently issued for the defendant’s arrest, which starts the federal criminal process. The federal criminal process is much different than the state processes and anyone being processed through the federal criminal process needs a criminal defense attorney specializing in federal criminal defense.

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