reindictments
New criminal charges
Reindictments are new or repeated formal charges brought against someone, typically after an earlier indictment was dismissed, modified, or superseded.
Prosecutors may seek reindictment when new evidence emerges, when procedural errors invalidated the original charges, or when they want to add or revise charges: The grand jury issued reindictments on expanded racketeering charges.
Assertion lacking proof
- chargeCost or accusation
- incriminationSuggesting someone's guilt
- culpabilityDeserving blame for wrongdoing
- blameAssign responsibility for wrongdoing
accusation · recharged · criminal liability · exposure · jeopardy
Investigative charging body
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- chargesAmounts owed or alleged
- arraignmentCharge-reading court session
- pleaFormal request or defense
criminal procedure · felony · misdemeanor · double jeopardy · refiling · recharged · count · criminal complaint
Sworn statement as evidence
- witnessOne who attests
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- subpoenaWrit requiring testimony
- discoveryAct of finding something
witness tampering · new evidence · corroboration · documentation · exhibits · affidavit · deposition
Government's trial lawyer
- district attorneyCounty's chief prosecuting officer
- defense attorneyLawyer representing the accused
- judgeOne who decides
- magistrateCivil judicial officer
defendant · accused · plea hearing · docket · courtroom · bench · bailiff · clerk
allegation
Assertion lacking proof
- chargeCost or accusation
- incriminationSuggesting someone's guilt
- culpabilityDeserving blame for wrongdoing
blame · accusation · recharged · criminal liability · exposure · jeopardy
grand jury
Investigative charging body
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- chargesAmounts owed or alleged
- arraignmentCharge-reading court session
plea · criminal procedure · felony · misdemeanor · double jeopardy · refiling · recharged · count · criminal complaint · true bill
testimony
Sworn statement as evidence
discovery · witness tampering · new evidence · corroboration · documentation · exhibits · affidavit · deposition
prosecutor
Government's trial lawyer
- district attorneyCounty's chief prosecuting officer
- defense attorneyLawyer representing the accused
- judgeOne who decides
magistrate · defendant · accused · plea hearing · docket · courtroom · bench · bailiff · clerk · chambers
reindictmentsacquittals
Verdicts freeing defendants
exonerations · dismissals · vindications · clearances · absolutions
reindictmentsdropped charges