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After a final round of testing, ballots for the three awards were submitted by jurors in the first days of January and tabulated by the accounting firm Deloitte & Touche.

The members made their final decision based on the exhibitions of their work, on display in the Hudgens Center Galleries, and studio visits by the jurors in the days leading up to the announcement.

A growing number of recent decisions in courts across the globe have commented on the concerns raised by the explosion in social media use by jurors in trials.

Not exact matches

«Virtually half» of jurors who participated in the Capital Jury Project, funded by the National Science Foundation, reported they knew the punishment they would give before the trial even began.

The TV host and reporter was in tears while listening to her father tell jurors how much his daughter was affected by a stalker videotaping her nude and posting the clip in online.

The outcome likely reflects fears by Disney that jurors in the trial would feel sympathy for a home - state industry over an eastern media outlet.

During the voir dire process the potential jurors come in and they're asked a series of questions by the parties and by the judge to determine whether each potential juror can be completely unbiased and impartial and objective, to make sure they're not biased towards one party or the other.

If jurors decide the killing was unintentional but Garcia Zarate was grossly negligent, he will be guilty of involuntary manslaughter, punishable by two to four years in prison — though previous drug convictions could add 13 more years to his term.

«One of the most valuable experiences in participating in the Edison Awards is knowing that if your design falls short of winning you will have an opportunity to be debriefed by the Edison team to learn how the jurors viewed your application, both its strengths & weaknesses.

I said it to hotair already, but I will expand it a bit for you: what is evidence for some is not accepted by everyone; just as in a court case, some jurors are convinced with very little evidence while some people can not be convinced of something no matter how much evidence there is... much of this comes from how you were raised and your own personal world view, for many people God does not fit into their world view so whatever evidence there is they close their eyes and say, «No, I don't believe that!»

At an inquest in 2012 jurors found the primary cause of Mr Rigg's death was cardiac arrest and were critical of the way he was restrained by police.

In the 1957 film by Sidney Lumet, 12 Angry Men, 12 mostly white jurors deliberate the fate of an hispanic man on trial for stabbing his father.

The story was reported by St. Louis Public Radio, in which Grand Juror Doe's lawsuit says «In [the grand juror]'s view, the current information available about the grand jurors» views is not entirely accurate — especially the implication that all grand jurors believed that there was no support for any charges.&raquin which Grand Juror Doe's lawsuit says «In [the grand juror]'s view, the current information available about the grand jurors» views is not entirely accurate — especially the implication that all grand jurors believed that there was no support for any charges.&rJuror Doe's lawsuit says «In [the grand juror]'s view, the current information available about the grand jurors» views is not entirely accurate — especially the implication that all grand jurors believed that there was no support for any charges.&raquIn [the grand juror]'s view, the current information available about the grand jurors» views is not entirely accurate — especially the implication that all grand jurors believed that there was no support for any charges.&rjuror]'s view, the current information available about the grand jurors» views is not entirely accurate — especially the implication that all grand jurors believed that there was no support for any charges.»

Not only we had a ball at Coffee Fest Chicago, we also took home the top notable awards of the year - «Best New Product Award» in Consumables, voted by expert jurors of the coffee world, and «People's Choice Award», voted by all Coffee Fest attendees across the categories!

Early in the trial, jurors watched a videotape of the birth taken by a family friend that documented in graphic detail the birth and death of Spencer Verzi.

It took jurors less than 90 minutes to reach a verdict in the eight - week corruption trial of ex-NYC Councilman Dan Halloran that was marked by delays, a mistrial for a co-defendant — state Sen. Malcolm Smith — and several juror dismissals for personal reasons.

A once - prominent cancer doctor, Robert Taub, took the witness stand at Sheldon Silver's corruption retrial yesterday, telling jurors he was lured into a corrupt scheme by the former head of the state Assembly within days of meeting him in 2003.

He showed jurors copies of checks dating back to 2006 in amounts ranging from $ 64 to $ 16,870, paid to various Singh businesses by the campaign, Friends of John Venditto.

Agnifilo showed jurors copies of checks dating back to 2006 in amounts ranging from $ 64 to $ 16,870, paid to various Singh businesses and Singh's father's foundation by the campaign.

Rebekah Brooks, the former editor of the News Of The World tabloid, was cleared of the phone - hacking charge in a unanimous verdict by jurors.

A list of the questions asked by the jury to the judge includes one example in which they asked if a juror can «come to a verdict based on a reason that was not presented in court and has no facts or evidence to support it».

Assistant U.S. Attorney Raymond A. Tierney on Tuesday also began his closing argument by talking to jurors about their time in court.

In its decision regarding Silver's case, the appeals court ruled in 2017 that the definition of official corruption provided to the jurors differed from the one used by the U.S. Supreme Court when it overturned the corruption conviction of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, and so it was possible the jury could have ruled differently had it been instructed on the updated definition of the laIn its decision regarding Silver's case, the appeals court ruled in 2017 that the definition of official corruption provided to the jurors differed from the one used by the U.S. Supreme Court when it overturned the corruption conviction of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, and so it was possible the jury could have ruled differently had it been instructed on the updated definition of the lain 2017 that the definition of official corruption provided to the jurors differed from the one used by the U.S. Supreme Court when it overturned the corruption conviction of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, and so it was possible the jury could have ruled differently had it been instructed on the updated definition of the law.

Judge Caproni, in her decision, did not say she thought Silver's case was closely related to McDonnell's, but did concede that the way jurors were told to define «official acts» in corruption cases could be questioned by a higher court, in light of the McDonnell case.

In one exchange heard by jurors, Stevenson tells Gonzalez, «I wan na bless it to the sponsor, too» — which Gonzalez testified was code for paying him off.

The juror accused of lying his way onto the panel that convicted former cop Peter Liang in the shooting of unarmed Akai Gurley — by hiding the fact his father...

In its ruling, the high court narrowed the definition of what constitutes an «official act» by a politician, making it more difficult for prosecutors to obtain convictions in cases in which it can not be made clear to jurors exactly what a politician did in return for money or services received from someone or an entity hoping to improperly influence governmenIn its ruling, the high court narrowed the definition of what constitutes an «official act» by a politician, making it more difficult for prosecutors to obtain convictions in cases in which it can not be made clear to jurors exactly what a politician did in return for money or services received from someone or an entity hoping to improperly influence governmenin cases in which it can not be made clear to jurors exactly what a politician did in return for money or services received from someone or an entity hoping to improperly influence governmenin which it can not be made clear to jurors exactly what a politician did in return for money or services received from someone or an entity hoping to improperly influence governmenin return for money or services received from someone or an entity hoping to improperly influence government.

A once - prominent cancer doctor took the witness stand at Sheldon Silver's corruption retrial Monday, telling jurors he was lured into a corrupt scheme by the former head of the state Assembly within days of meeting him in 2003.

Juror Arleen Phillips was unsure if prosecutors were correct when they said ex - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver had abused his office by receiving millions of dollars in kickbacks from companies with business before the state.

The woman said in a note that her heart was pounding as she was being criticized by other jurors who said she lacked common sense.

By lunch break in the trial of Linda Mangano, Edward Mangano and former Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto, however, some jurors sat with folded arms as the exhibits and the verbal jousting between Carman and Singh seemed to go on and on.

«The exhibit as a whole may be interpreted by potential jurors as the Court's celebration of criminal convictions in significant cases, and particularly cases involving allegations of public corruption,» said the letter filed by Daniel Gitner, a lawyer for former energy company executive Peter Kelly, a co-defendant.

In the Skelos case, jurors were told that an «official act» can encompass «acts customarily performed by a public official,» including those that further long - term goals or are only steps toward achieving some outcome — language that the Supreme Court later found wasn't specific enough.

On Tuesday, in the first of four notes sent by jurors to U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni, one panel member asked to be excused, citing discomfort and a difference of opinion with the others.

The outcome of the Liang case is imperiled by an unusual and unexpected question: Did one of the jurors, a retired carpenter, hide his father's criminal past in order to be a panelist at the trial?

The findings of the investigation by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office of the fatal Troy police shooting of a 37 - year - old black man could undermine jurors» confidence in officers testifying in future cases, defense lawyers said.

Shortly after deliberations started Tuesday, a juror claimed in a note that she was being bullied by other jurors and asked to be relieved from the panel.

Caproni instructed jurors Silver is guilty if he was influenced at all in official actions by the referral fees, but innocent if he thought he was given referrals to «cultivate goodwill» or «nurture a relationship» with him but «not in exchange for any official action.»

Just hours after they began deliberating Tuesday, jurors in the federal corruption trial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver erupted in a series of notes reporting confusion, stress and discord that remained unresolved by the end of the day, with one juror seeking a private meeting with the judge.

Inside the courthouse, U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack asked 51 potential jurors — one by one — about their jobs, what they do in their spare time, their favorite television shows and which public figures they admire.

Lawyers for Bridget Anne Kelly, the former Christie aide accused of scheming to snarl traffic in the Bridgegate scandal as political payback, want to paint a picture of her for jurors as a hard - working single mom being hung out to dry by the former Port Authority exec who actually masterminded the plot.

Goldstein told jurors that Silver took extraordinary measures to hide his scheme, including hiding money he earned by placing it under his wife's name, lying to the press and lying to the firms involved in the scam.

MANHATTAN FEDERAL COURT — After less than two hours of deliberating the fate of Assemblyman Sheldon Silver in his corruption trial, a «stressed out» juror pleaded with a Manhattan federal court judge to be excused, saying she was being criticized by fellow jurors and her heart was pounding.

At the hearing on Friday, the defense raised concerns that some prospective jurors had been swayed by what they had heard about the case, which has received extensive coverage in the news media.

TROY — The findings of the investigation by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office of the fatal Troy police shooting of a 37 - year - old black man could undermine jurors» confidence in officers testifying in future cases, defense lawyers said.

Other witnesses on Monday included former Assistant Attorney General Richard Rodgers, who told jurors about reforms instituted in 2007 by then - Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, now, of course, the governor.

Given how strange and over the top much of the testimony in this trial was, the jurors were probably unfazed by the fact that the prosecutors ended their argument by quoting a Shel Silverstein poem.

The gadfly's efforts were sparked by recent trial testimony, in which the star prosecution witness told Newark federal jurors that Christie knew about the politically - vindictive lane closings and did nothing to stop them.

Mr. Dorego, as part of his testimony, gave jurors a brief primer on limited liability companies, or LLCs, explaining that each of Glenwood's 20 - plus buildings was owned by such an entity, and that each of those was in turn owned by the Litwin Family Trust.

NEW YORK — If they hadn't heard about it before, jurors in the Joseph Percoco trial received a briefing Tuesday of the much - criticized system by which state politicians fill their campaign accounts with donations from people with business before state government.