Pate said the Freemen want a "guarantee of free passage" for one or two of their members to leave the compound and help set up a "common law grand jury" to determine if they have broken any laws.

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In seeking to legislate on the matter, Lib Dem peer Lord Thomas of Gresford said ministers were refusing to "trust the good common sense of a British jury".

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After the convictions, DeWine said he is asking the Jefferson County Common Pleas Court to convene a grand jury on April 15.

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Because of this, those appearing in criminal trials do not have the option of a jury trial, which is common in the United States and other countries.

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The jury soon became standard in criminal and civil cases at common law, and its use spread with the British empire, nowhere more so than in the American colonies.

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The jury started deliberating on April 30 following more than five weeks of testimony in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.

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