After an initial investigation, the case was reopened in 1973 when a grand jury indicted eight Guardsmen. They were acquitted of federal civil rights charges the next year.

在最初的调查中，这件事在1973年，因一个强大的陪审团指控这八名警卫而重新开始。但是次年，他们被联邦公民权力法庭释放。

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Normally a citation for civil contempt runs out with the grand jury, which in this case would be October 28th.

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He had obstructed the administration of justice before the United States district court in a civil rights case and before the federal grand jury.

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McDougal had previously spent 18 months behind bars after Judge Susan Webber Wright found McDougal in civil contempt for refusing to testify before the grand jury.

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