Because it is not required by the U.S.Constitution, only about half the states give defendants a right to

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The U.S. Constitution does not require states to provide grand jury review for criminal charges; this is a procedural step that is mandated at the federal level by the Fifth Amendment but is left to the states to adopt or not in their own legal systems. As a result, only about half of the states use grand juries to decide whether sufficient evidence exists to indict a defendant and proceed to trial.

Because It Is Not Required by the U