Sentences with phrase «disregard by jurors»

How can the court and public guarantee disregard by jurors when they're instructed to do so?

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... the district court erred in dismissing a juror, based largely on its finding that the juror was purposefully disregarding the court's instructions on the law, where the record evidence raised the possibility that the juror's view on the merits of the case was motivated by doubts about the defendants» guilt, rather than by an intent to nullify the law.

There can be little doubt that Mrs Fraill broke the oath taken by all jurors, disregarded the trial judge's instruction regarding the use of the internet and, as Lord Judge observed, went further in her dealings with a former defendant than concerned compassion.

Criminal defendants are at a disadvantage if a judge's or prosecutor's missteps can be forgiven by the judge's telling the jury to disregard them, for the bell can not be unrung; the jurors can not exclude what they should not have heard from their consideration of the defendant's guilt.