Word: indictment
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...regret advising the grand jury that it should not indict Nixon...
There was not much doubt about their mission. Fineman was lying on the floor while Hicks had his ear to the crack in the door. They had a tape recorder -which was unused, they said-and written notes. A grand jury decided not to indict them for violating a federal anti-bugging law because the tape recorder had not been running, but the pair were charged with disorderly conduct...
...situation was further complicated at the end of August when the grand jury finished its investigation. It refused to indict Hanna for manslaughter, and dropped all charges against him and the other officer involved in the killing. The district attorney called the grand jury probe "full, complete and very thorough." United League president Robinson called it "one of the lousiest investigations that has ever taken place in the state of Mississippi...
...county attorney and the state investigator's plan was to not introduce enough evidence to indict these men," Robinson said. "The blacks here are quite disturbed about it. It is going to be a setback for Marshall County...
...reluctantly acknowledges that there are limits to a newspaper's role in battling corruption. "Our reporters are getting pretty damn frustrated," he says. "We are convinced that there are crooks there. But we can't subpoena, we can't grant immunity, and we can't indict. All we can do is report...