Septicemia is a serious bloodstream infection. Itâs also known as bacteremia, or blood poisoning. Septicemia occurs when a bacterial infection elsewhere in the body, such as in the lungs or skin, enters the bloodstream. This is dangerous because the bacteria and their toxins can be carried through the bloodstream to your entire body.
Grand juries make the initial decision to indict--formally accuse--a criminal defendant and require him or her to stand trial. Grand jury indictments are required for all federal felonies. About half the states have some sort of grand jury hurdle too. Grand jurors are ordinary citizens who listen to the prosecutor questioning witnesses.
A grand jury is a specially appointed body that determines whether a prosecutor has gathered enough evidence to warrant a trial in a particular case. Used only in special cases, the grand jury serves as a conduit through which reasonable cases pass into the traditional trial system. The role of the grand jury is to determine whether the evidence gathered by a district, state, or federal prosecuting attorney creates a justifiable basis for an indictment. Though once used throughout the United Kingdom and some of Europe, modern-day grand juries exist primarily in the United States.