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Former federal prosecutor urges courts to better instruct grand juries as oversight tool
Summary
At a March 5 informational hearing, Raymond Caballero, a former U.S. Department of Justice prosecutor, told senators that federal grand juries are an independent constitutional body that can investigate alleged federal officer misconduct and that judges should instruct jurors about that independence.
Raymond Caballero, who said he served six years as a prosecutor with the United States Department of Justice, told the Senate Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs Committee that public trust in federal law enforcement has eroded and that the federal grand jury is an underused independent institution that can investigate misconduct even when DOJ declines.
Caballero described the…
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