Sentences with phrase «issued by juror»

Issued by juror Alex Klein, this year's call Sic Semper Tyrannis asks students to engage critically with historical and contemporary implications of the famous Virginia state motto (see the call below.)

Not exact matches

Levitt, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and a former US intelligence agent, told jurors he did not know if the materials found on Tsarnaev's computer, including sermons by US - born Al Qaeda figure Anwar al - Awlaki and issues of Al Qaeda's «Inspire» magazine, were put there by Tsarnaev or by someone else, such as his brother.

But it seems likely to revisit the arguments made in the earlier motion for acquittal, along with issues that arose afterward, including one involving a juror who complained to the judge that she was being pressured by other jurors.

Of those artists, twelve (two from each issue) were distinguished as being «Noteworthy,» by the juror and their editorial staff.

* Juror guidelines state that consideration must be made for submissions by non-native English speakers regarding issues of spelling, punctuation, and sentence structure.

In each of the six 2012 issues, two artists were deemed «Noteworthy Picks» by our juror and editor.

Almost three years after the bidding, and after a trial in which jurors were not allowed to consider the fact that the Obama administration invalidated the entire leasing process in which DeChristopher took part or that he did in fact raise the money needed to pay for his bids in full, Tim was convicted of two felonies, for which he is now serving two years in jail and issued a $ 10,000 fine, followed by three years of supervised probation.

In Colorado, where I practice, jurors issue written questions (pre-reviewed by the judge and counsel for all parties before being presented) to witnesses at the close of the testimony of each witness called by a party to testify.

We have learned jurors can be quickly bored by legal arguments and hopelessly confused about injuries, medicine, medical malpractice and medical issues.

This raises several interesting legal issues, and perhaps most importantly: is a ruling by a group of anonymous jurors assembled online to rule on the disputed outcome of a smart contract, legally compliant and legally binding?

We should be proud that the justice committee is tackling the issue of the mental health stresses faced by Canadian jurors.

They were issued in response to a national survey of federal judges by the Federal Judicial Center that found that, although jurors» use of social media is not common, it does occur.

On the issue of duty of care, the court held this was a matter of fact (rather than a question of law) properly decided by jurors.

«Any prejudicial effect this evidence might have had on the minds of the jurors was far outweighed by its probative value on the issue to be determined by the jury.»

At a partners» meeting, Law Firm A debated the image issue at great length, accompanied by rhetoric that would make a seasoned juror weep.

In U.S. v. Lawson, on the other hand, the federal Fourth Circuit addressed at length the reliability concerns presented by reliance on Wikipedia.32 The issue arose when, despite the trial court's explicit instruction not to conduct research on the internet or otherwise, a juror reviewed, during deliberations, a Wikipedia definition of an element of the crime with which the defendant was charged.33 The juror no longer had the original Wikipedia entry but obtained a printout two weeks later in anticipation of his appearance before the court on complaints of juror misconduct.

But whereas rape trials may no more be sullied by stereotypes about victim behaviour than is the case with Saturday night GBH, race hatred, mugging, and mini-market shoplifting, the sensitive political issues surrounding the crime of rape may drive pressures for the introduction of sui generis measures aimed at removing myths from the minds of jurors.

Adam Wagner noted: «According to The Telegraph, the Lord Chief Justice Lord Judge is expected to issue «tough new» guidelines on internet use by jurors.

«Although the issues at stake in this action involve the private rights of the litigants, the motion relief sought by the plaintiff involves much broader considerations that may impact the rights of other parties involved in motor vehicle accident cases as well as possibly the rights of citizens of Ontario to sit as jurors in those cases,» the judge wrote.

Many of the judges gave objective bases for their favourable opinions about the juries» understanding of the issues (see box below)-- notably the questions asked by jurors or the fact that they discriminated between different defendants, convicting some, while acquitting others.