{"id":86346,"date":"2016-01-25T22:38:51","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T03:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=86346"},"modified":"2016-02-03T17:24:08","modified_gmt":"2016-02-03T22:24:08","slug":"breaking-harris-county-grand-jury-indicts-center-medical-progress-investigators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/breaking-harris-county-grand-jury-indicts-center-medical-progress-investigators\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris County grand jury indicts Center for Medical Progress investigators"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Harris County grand jury has indicted\u00a0two\u00a0Center for Medical Progress<\/a>\u00a0investigators — specifically, David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt – while declining to indict Planned Parenthood. This comes after the Center for Medical Progress released an investigation last year into the sales of aborted baby\u00a0organs at Planned Parenthood…<\/p>\n

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Secret videographers David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt were both indicted on charges of tampering with a governmental record, a second-degree felony that carries a punishment of up to 20 years in prison. Daleiden received an additional misdemeanor indictment under the law prohibiting the purchase and sale of human organs.<\/p>\n

Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson announced the surprising indictments Monday after a two-month investigation.<\/p>\n

“We were called upon to investigate allegations of criminal conduct by Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast,” said Anderson, a Republican. “As I stated at the outset of this investigation, we must go where the evidence leads us. All the evidence uncovered in the course of this investigation was presented to the grand jury. I respect their decision on this difficult case.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A grand jury is formed of ordinary citizens that are presented \u00a0evidence and testimony from the prosecutor alone to form their theory of a case without any input from the defense.<\/p>\n

From that information, the jury determines if there is enough probable cause to move the case forward in the judicial process. \u00a0The grand jury does not determine guilt or innocence. The indictment itself is a public document but it has not been made available online at the time of publication.<\/p>\n

Absolutely no information has been released regarding what government records Daleiden and Merritt allegedly tampered with. The Center for Medical Progress responded, pointing out their free speech rights, as well as reminding all of us that Planned Parenthood was breaking the law by selling the body parts of aborted babies:<\/p>\n

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