Word: targetting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...allowed into the deliberations. Grand jury witnesses may be prosecuted for any crime they may mention in testimony unless they are granted immunity, a rule that proved particularly thorny in the Goetz case, since his four victims had cases pending against them at the time of the shooting. The target of a grand jury is not granted immunity for his testimony, since the purpose of the panel is to decide whether or not to indict him, but he of course cannot be compelled to testify...
...prosecutor's written statement or after a preliminary hearing before a judge. (Though a state may choose to call a grand jury, the U.S. Supreme Court has not forced states to comply with the grand jury section of the Fifth Amendment.) Sixteen states now permit a grand jury's target to bring his or her own counsel into the jury room under some circumstances. In New York, legislators are considering using grand juries only in cases where no one has yet been arrested. Another proposal would allow prosecutors to offer only partial immunity to witnesses in an attempt to solve...
...Lewis these days could hardly be more uncomfortable if he were the target of a barrage of his company Tomahawk cruise missiles. Fleets of investigators and critics are challenging General Dynamics' integrity and its fitness to be a pillar of the nation's defense, raising charges far more extensive than those leveled against General Electric last week. The Pentagon attack on General Dynamics' expense reports and the Justice Department probe into overruns on the company's SSN 688 Los Angeles-class submarines are only the most publicized of many investigations. The Securities and Exchange Commission is studying whether the company...
...security is not threatened. The Administration is hoping to force Congress to slash specific programs rather than impose a percentage reduction in military outlays; that way, the lawmakers would face political heat for trimming back weapons systems that produce jobs back home. But the tactic could backfire: one choice target for congressional budget cutters is Reagan's beloved Star Wars program, for which he has requested $3.7 billion next year...
According to David M. Rosen, director of the Harvard News Office, this is the University's first attempt to target Cambridge and Boston residents with information about Harvard's offerings...