A jury selected 14 acts to compete in the semi-final.

"The grand jury has acted and we should respect their decision as part of the criminal justice process," Mr. Deacy said.

Before the grand jury could act, they were dismissed for interfering in matters of state.

It suggests that a jury would likely act contrary to law (out of misunderstanding) by finding such an individual guilty regardless.

A grand jury has not yet acted on possible charges in that case.

As for the other two officers, the evidence would have supported convictions, but the jury acted within reason in acquitting.

The grand jury investigating the possibility that Bonds lied to another grand jury two and a half years ago did not act yesterday.

However, grand juries in that age had far more power and acted far more independently than they generally do today.

The jury felt that only a madman could have told such a story and acted accordingly.

The Shadow knew only too well how often a jury acted on things that had no relevance to the case in hand.