What Is the Difference Between an Indictment and a Conviction or Charge?
The difference between indictments, convictions, and charges can be confusing.
Indictment: A serious criminal charge at the Federal or state level.
Conviction: A conviction occurs at the end of your criminal trial if you are found guilty. Those found not guilty are “acquitted.”
Charge: To be charged with a crime means a prosecutor has filed charges against the accused.
Indictment vs. charge: An indictment is similar to a charge. The difference is in who files the accusation. Indictments are filed by grand juries, while prosecutors file charges.
What Happens After a Grand Jury Indictment?
After a grand jury has indicted someone, a criminal trial will be arranged to review the evidence and determine the involvement of the accused.
Consider why we don't see anything from the government involving convictions. They would have handed over to grand jury, and thus we would see no prosecution.
However, that might give a false sense that nothing is happening. This would appear this way to both sides of the issues.
What Is the Difference Between an Indictment and a Conviction or Charge?
The difference between indictments, convictions, and charges can be confusing.
Indictment: A serious criminal charge at the Federal or state level.
Conviction: A conviction occurs at the end of your criminal trial if you are found guilty. Those found not guilty are “acquitted.”
Charge: To be charged with a crime means a prosecutor has filed charges against the accused.
Indictment vs. charge: An indictment is similar to a charge. The difference is in who files the accusation. Indictments are filed by grand juries, while prosecutors file charges.
What Happens After a Grand Jury Indictment?
After a grand jury has indicted someone, a criminal trial will be arranged to review the evidence and determine the involvement of the accused.
Thanks for context.
Agreed, it's important.
Consider why we don't see anything from the government involving convictions. They would have handed over to grand jury, and thus we would see no prosecution.
However, that might give a false sense that nothing is happening. This would appear this way to both sides of the issues.