Sentences with phrase «us jury system»

But the US jury system isn't perfect.

In the 18th century Baron Montesquieu admired the English constitution whose durability and protection of liberty he ascribed to its division of powers, including a balanced relationship between King, Lords, and Commons; an independent judiciary; and the jury system.

The jury system is accused of being horribly inefficient.

One pointed out that the United States still uses the jury system much more extensively than any other major country and that it is under considerable fire.

I do not trust the legal system all that much (especially the show put on to dupe our «12 Angry Men» jury system), as, like with all things human, it's run by humans, with their own agendas and desires.

Declaring that the «grand jury system is broken» in «dealing with police... questions of criminality and killings» Sharpton urged federal government action akin to the mid-20th century actions on enforcing civil rights.

It looks like he will at least start with calling for more transparency in the grand jury system.

And some reforms of the grand jury system are also postponed until after the budget.

The governor is also expected to pitch reforms to the grand jury system.

ALBANY — Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday said he plans to push for reforms in police practice and the grand jury system during the upcoming legislative session, after a Staten Island grand jury declined to indict a police officer in the death of Eric Garner.

A bill to reform the state's grand jury system also stalled after the initial interest following Eric Garner's death on Staten Island.

«I think the grand jury system, the way it is right now, functions fairly well,» Skelos said.

«One would imagine that there is a secrecy in the grand jury system and that they would act professionally and there would not be a leaking of this type of information to the press,» Golden said.

«The law, generally, does not allow me to meet with a member of a deliberating jury, because the secrecy of jury deliberations is a cornerstone of our jury system.»

Others have focused on creating a jury system to settle disputes among avatars.

In the seventh grade, we looked at statistics concerning racial murders and the jury system.

What is less clear is whether the type of judgment proposed for schools with low - performing subgroups is legal under ESSA: would a state's use of a grand jury system to make judgments be acceptable?

He turns to me abruptly and pretends to startle — our old gag — and explains how justice is either impersonal and indifferent or extremely personal and shamelessly vindictive, and how finding yourself in front of our volatile jury system means submitting your fate to a bunch of people whose omelets you wouldn't dream of eating for fear they hadn't washed their hands.

Phillips also affirms that our jury system is a means to an important end: «By keeping the standard high, the Torpedo Factory is a destination for art tourists who visit the Washington area each year — and an art center with a national reputation that the city of Alexandria can be proud of.»

Analytical and philosophical posts cover criminal justice writ large: misconceptions about the rate of violent crime, how to fix the jury system, «overcriminalization» and the high rate of incarceration in the U.S.

This may be a shock for layman who believes in the infallibility of the jury system without understanding what a jury undertakes to do.

The jury system, he noted, depends on jurors coming to court and sitting down all day, «listening to people speaking, listening and thinking about what they are hearing and assimilating it and then assessing it.»

South Korea's neighbor Japan is also working on bringing back its jury system in 2009, after a 65 - year hiatus.

The jury system is a fundamental aspect of America's legal framework, but in other countries... not so much.

This — coupled with the fact that there was no verdict after only a few hours — could be an indication of this jury intending to have more of an internal discussion than the one in 2012, a couple of members of which did everything they could to subsequently discredit the whole U.S. jury system (in connection with patent cases) through interviews.

[1] The jury system is probably the most familiar symbol and manifestation of the Rule of Law in this country.

Beware of any «tort reform» as this is merely a legislative effort to diminish or destroy our constitutional jury system.

You will observe the nuts and bolts of lawyering and our legal system: good and bad legal arguments; judicial temperament; the jury system; professionalism.

Spratt says there are problems with the jury system and it is positive that politicians and the public are taking notice.

The jury system exists to compensate people who have been wronged, they say.

«The recent Iacobucci report for the Ministry of Attorney General on flaws in the jury system with respect to aboriginal participation and the fact the aboriginal peoples are vastly overrepresented in our male and female prisons... show that native communities need much more control over their justice systems to prevent some terrible ongoing injustices,» says McRobert.

The «no - show rate across the country is staggeringly high,» says political scientist Jeffrey Abramson, author of «We the Jury: The jury system and the ideal democracy.»

The question has been settled since we instituted the jury system, probably back to when the old English system started, but I haven't done that research.

The Ohio Judicial College has presented numerous courses for judges, magistrates, and court personnel that provide information that can be used to significantly improve jury systems and the experience of the individuals called to serve as jurors.

What has changed is there is now a concerted effort by the insurance industry to discredit the jury system.

For those of you who don't know him, he's an outspoken partner at the large corporate defense firm, Covington & Burling, who has made a career of attacking corporate regulations and the civil jury system.

Finally, the jury system also provides an important forum for parties who have little or no access to private dispute resolution.

Pursuant to s. 17 of the Jury Act, British Columbia has a «user - pay» jury system, requiring litigants to deposit «a sum sufficient to pay for the jury and jury process».

The Clerk of Court's office also responsible for Jury Management with provides jurors and maintains the jury system for the circuit courts; Court Finances which collects, disburses, and maintains records of all monies for fines, forfeitures, bail, trust, and reimbursements; and Court Administration.

It is also rare for Canadians to employ a jury system in the courts during a civil matter.

However, schemes like this, which tilt the legal playing field dramatically in favor of the health care industry, eviscerate the jury system and patients» rights to adequate compensation, and protect the most dangerous hospitals and incompetent physicians, are deplorable.

For more great stuff, including why our judges love the civil jury system, get the Center for Justice & Democracy's new BRIEFING BOOK, TORT LITIGATION AND JURIES: BY THE NUMBERS.

Many legislatures have been pressured to undermine the civil jury system by restricting access to the courts and limiting juries» power and authority.

This report shows how the media are producing a deeply skewed and distorted understanding of our civil jury system.

There has been a lot of talk in the past several months about abolishing the jury system for civil cases; and if not for all civil cases, at least for motor vehicle crash cases.

Clive Stafford Smith: «The jury system in this country is utter insanity» The lawyer and founder of Reprieve on defending clients on death row, why the whole justice system is flawed — and his fear of appearing sanctimonious

FIJA executive director Kirsten Tynan will speak about the juror's traditional, legal authority to conscientiously acquit through jury nullification and about the impact of various changes to the jury system on its role in protecting individual rights.

Is this transposition of social life into the intellectual sphere much different from the jury system — with its implicit belief that jurors» social instincts are their best guidelines as to what the law requires them to conclude?

«The jury system is clearly a significant factor in many democratic regimes....

Allowing lawyers to challenge jurors for bias could help preserve the civil jury system in the long run, says Ottawa personal injury lawyer Najma Rashid.