Sentences with phrase «day as a juror»
I'm hoping today, the first day as a juror for the Jordan Alexander Ressler Screenwriter Award, will bring the strongest writing the festival has to offer.
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As jurors in the Martin Shkreli fraud trial finished a fourth day with no verdict, the «Pharma Bro» turned to social media
Jury deliberations in the corruption trial of former top Cuomo aide Joe Percoco appeared to have run aground on their fourth day, as three jurors issued notes asking to be excused from the case, with one expressing concern about the storm expected to slam the New York City metro area; and another saying that she has sick children.
The judge told jurors as much before dismissing them for the day on Tuesday, instructing them that the equivalent of two days of deliberations in a complex corruption case was «not unreasonable and it's not excessive.»
The researchers had little trouble recruiting volunteers, who received the same fee as jurors ($ 20 a day), which the researchers deemed fair but not coercive.
It makes me sad to remember how thrilled I was on 15 April 2005, the day I received a letter from Stephen Deuchar, director of Tate Britain, asking me to serve as a juror for the 2006 Turner Prize.
Oracle's lawyers essentially argue that jurors will place more faith in Judge Alsup's assessment (as they see him every day) than in that of an appeals court that is a few thousand miles away and won't appear in San Francisco to explain why Judge Alsup got the copyrightability part completely wrong.
[a] t the beginning of the instruction phase, instead of starting immediately to read the jury instructions, the judge spends a few words on extra-textual references and tries to create a more familiar and relaxed atmosphere... given that it is the first day of the actual trial and for some of them it may be the first time they serve as jurors.
Once a person is sworn in as a juror, they receive $ 25.00 for each day they sit on the jury.
We can quite understand why he did this, but as Lord Carlile QC pointed out what he said went beyond what would be permissible under Articles 8 and 10, quite apart from imposing restrictions on jurors properly carrying out day to day tasks which can not be easily done without use of the internet.