More than seven months after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court restored use of indicting grand juries for cases involving witness intimidation, the First Judicial District has been addressing a series of concerns about Philadelphia's application of the charging tool.

Among the issues that have cropped up with use of the indicting grand jury have been defendants' access to the material presented to the grand jury and protecting the constitutional rights of witnesses who give incriminating testimony.

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