Sentences with phrase «happened in a criminal trial»

I haven't yet found an instance where it happened in a criminal trial, but I don't know why it shouldn't be possible.

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Second, and more important, these trials exhibit in exaggerated form what is also happening on a smaller scale throughout the criminal justice system: «Though no avalanche has occurred,» Wilson observes, «the courts are having difficulty keeping their footing on a slope that has become increasingly slippery.»

Without being exhaustive, the danger to the administration of justice is likely to be at its most acute in the context of criminal trials e.g., where witnesses who are out of court may be informed of what has already happened in court and so coached or briefed before they then give evidence, or where information posted on, for instance, Twitter about inadmissible evidence may influence members of a jury.