In about half of the states, it is i possible to bring a person accused a felony to trial without an indictment* by a grand jury. In the other half the states, this procedure is rarely or never employed; and those accused of felonies can be brought to trial on information †by a prosecuting attorney (as in Minnesota) or (as in Michigan) by an indictment returned by a single judge who, by a recent Michigan law is empowered to investigate an alleged crime with the authority of a grand jury.
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