Sentences with phrase «health of jurors»
The committee is studying the toll that this type of evidence can take on the mental health of jurors.
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He said that for the retrial, the defense focused less on mental health records and experts and more on getting jurors to see into the mind of the woman who Parnham said drowned her children because she thought that if she didn't they would be taken by Satan.
Gonzalez said three are immigrants; jurors» occupations include flight attendant, software engineer, nurse, marketing accountant and health economist; and they live in a variety of neighborhoods, from Visitacion Valley, Bernal Heights and the Excelsior to the Mission District, Russian Hill and Nob Hill.
On day one of week nine of the federal trial of former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and former Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto came word that another juror had been excused, because of health issues.
You are instructed to appear in court to be on a panel of 60 potential jurors in a health care fraud case but, I mean, damn — you don't have time for that nonsense!
None of that tells me who our judge will be, who will be on our potential jury pool, and what the mood and physical health will be of the judge, potential jurors, prosecutors and opposing witnesses If they just won a poker game, they might be happy.
We should be proud that the justice committee is tackling the issue of the mental health stresses faced by Canadian jurors.
One theory is that jurors believe that the marriage vow of «for better or for worse, through sickness and in health» plays in, and taking care of an injured spouse is just part of being married.
2 For an extensive list of studies demonstrating the competence of juries, see, e.g., Testimony of Neil Vidmar, Russell M. Robinson, II Professor of Law, Duke Law School before The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, «Hearing on Medical Liability: New Ideas for Making the System Work Better for Patients,» June 22, 2006 at 10 («The overwhelming number of the judges gave the civil jury high marks for competence, diligence, and seriousness, even in complex cases... Systematic studies of jury responses to experts lead to the conclusion that jurors do not automatically defer to experts and that jurors have a basic understanding of the evidence in malpractice and other cases.
She appeared in federal court one day last week, filled out forms and was told to return this Monday to be on a panel of 60 potential jurors in a health care fraud case.