Editing Indictment (section)

==Types==
A sealed indictment stays non-public, for various reasons, until it is unsealed (for example, once the indicted is arrested or notified by police).<ref>{{cite web |title=Sealed Criminal Document Procedures {{!}} District of Maryland {{!}} United States District Court |url=https://www.mdd.uscourts.gov/content/sealed-criminal-document-procedures |website=U.S. District Court |publisher=United States District Court, District of Maryland |access-date=3 March 2025}}</ref> A superseding indictment takes the place of the previously active one.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Iyer |first1=Kaanita |title=What is a superseding indictment? {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/28/politics/what-is-superseding-indictment-trump/index.html |access-date=3 March 2025 |work=CNN |date=28 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref> A [[speaking indictment]] goes beyond the legally required statement of the elements of the charged crime(s) and also includes a narrative of the alleged underlying acts in more detail than the law requires.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Burton |first1=Preston |last2=Winter |first2=Jill |title=It Is Time to Muzzle the Speaking Indictment |url=https://www.nacdl.org/Article/SeptOct2024-ItIsTimetoMuzzletheSpeakingIndictment |website=NACDL |publisher=National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers |access-date=3 March 2025 |language=en}}</ref>