Sentences with phrase «in jury rooms»

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«In the jury room, the ones who thought he was innocent had to prove he was innocent; I didn't like that,» Walker said.

Ricciardi told of a situation in the jury room described as «vote - trading; If you vote guilty on this count, I will vote not guilty on this count.

It's admittedly pretty low - rent, but one of the most enjoyable Cannes traditions is the annual gossip about what went down behind closed doors in the jury room — ranging from minor cultural disagreements to all - out bitter in - fighting.

More damagingly for the image - obsessed Tate, she also alleged that public voting counted for nothing in the jury room.

A case about racial bias in the jury room would seem to have all the makings of a provocative and headline - grabbing decision.

Even the jury had computers in the jury room with access to Wi - Fi.

A judge declared a mistrial after the jury foreman, Perry Shade, is accused of the conducting his own investigation into the case and distributing materials to fellow jurors in the jury room.

The district court decided that the jury could take the indictment home, telling them it was «the same thing as reading it here in the jury room tomorrow morning at ten, it just saves some time.»

After the jury returned a verdict for Takata, the plaintiffs filed a motion for a new trial based on the discussion in the jury room of Flynn's Google searches.

After the trial, the jurors are not allowed to divulge the discussions that took place in the jury room.

You can only discuss the case in the jury room with your fellow jurors during deliberations.

In my experience as both litigator and litigation consultant, I've found that during trial juries tend to find relatively few facts very interesting and «important» and then base the entirety of their decision in the jury room on those few facts.

The time and place for coming to your final opinions and speaking about them with your fellow jurors is during deliberations in the jury room, after all of the evidence has been presented, closing arguments have been made, and I have instructed you on the law.

By contrast, Generation Y jurors want a case presented in an even more technologically savvy manner than Gen X, are well educated, are highly analytical thinkers, are interested in teamwork in the jury room and respect parties who abide by commitments.

Of course, the actual weight given to this evidence remains in the jury room, as it properly must.

Keep statements made in the jury room confidential.

Racial Bias In Canada one would expect that racial biases would not be a major discussion in a jury room.

The law in Canada is that jury deliberations are to remain confidential but in this case, there were some allegations of jury misconduct and several jury members were asked by the trial judge to explain what was happening in the jury room during breaks.

Indeed, no one, including the judge, is even supposed to be aware of the views of individual jurors during deliberations, because a jury's independence is best guaranteed by secret deliberations, such that jurors may «return a verdict freely according to their conscience» and their «conduct in the jury room [may be] untrammeled by the fear of embarrassing publicity.»

That was the actual word the juror used, and went on to describe the jurors ultimately trading votes in the jury room.

YOU WILL HAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS IN WRITTEN FORM IN THE JURY ROOM TO REFER TO DURING YOUR DELIBERATIONS.

YOU ARE NOT TO FORM OR EXPRESS ANY OPINION ON THE CASE UNTIL THE CASE IS SUBMITTED TO YOU FOR YOUR DELIBERATIONS IN THE JURY ROOM.

During deliberations, jurors must communicate about the case only with one another and only when all jurors are present in the jury room.

Just as proceedings in Parliament can not be litigated in any court, neither can proceedings in a jury room.

Although they will most likely settle the case just before you get called — and after you've been sitting in the jury room for about 4 hours.

Not exact matches

According to the grand jury report, Neill told the victim assistance coordinator that during his childhood, Gallagher discussed masturbation during confession; fondled him during outings in the priest's car, at the house of the priest's mother, upstairs in the rectory, in a utility room in the sacristy and in a loft in the church; and that the priest also hit the boy.

My education in the functioning of justice, American style, moved forthwith from television, newspapers and civics books to the courtroom, the jury room and the jurors» sleeping quarters in the courthouse.

I wasn't in the grand jury room, and I don't know the evidence, but many godly African American leaders are hurting and they are explaining why.

Abelove's offices are located across the hall from the third - floor jury room in the courthouse.

This summer when a Lake Katrine man was on trial for using a civilian drone outside a Town of Ulster medical building, Ulster County Assistant District Attorney Tom Colonna summed up «drone anxiety» by telling the jury that the machines «put human eyes in a place, like 30 feet in the air outside an exam room window, where human eyes normally wouldn't be.»

The governor's reforms would allow district attorneys like Mr. Donovan to issue a report or letter of fact outlining what occurred in closed grand jury room in cases of police killings, without having to beseech a judge to release that information.

«How will the next Governor ever be able to work with the Senate Democrats since they'll be spending most of their time in grand jury rooms testifying against each other?

Another note also emerged from the jury room, asking the judge to clarify whether or not giving out New York State funds in exchange for something else is illegal — and whether there was a written code of conduct that addressed that issue.

Silver, 71, one of Albany's proverbial «three men in a room» who ruled the Assembly with seldom - questioned authority for 20 years, was stoic as the jury forewoman read seven consecutive verdicts of guilty on extortion, bribery and money - laundering charges on just the third day of deliberations.

Once selected, the jury moved from a smaller fourth - floor courtroom in the Thurgood Marshall United States Court House in Lower Manhattan to a more stately room on the first floor.

Inserting a judge into the grand - jury room is bizarre enough in and of itself, but Lippman also wants to end grand - jury secrecy.

The island will be equipped with a number of simple Jury Meeting Rooms, suitable for a jury of 7 to meet, as well as interview parties in disputes.&raJury Meeting Rooms, suitable for a jury of 7 to meet, as well as interview parties in disputes.&rajury of 7 to meet, as well as interview parties in disputes.»

Express yourself in the Audition Room meet the Jury Members.

Sidney Lumet... effectively modulates the drama without ever taking the camera out of the jury room until the verdict is in and the jury is out.

(I had my own moment of slight unreality when I glimpsed, on the roof of the Palazzo del Cinema, the glass - boxed room in which the competition jury, led by Annette Bening and including Rebecca Hall and Edgar Wright, were conferring like the gods on Mount Olympus.)

Park Chan - wook's grand prize - winner at Cannes — probably thanks to jury president Quentin Tarantino — is about a man, inexplicably imprisoned in a room for 15 years, who is suddenly released and has five days to find his captor.

Bear in mind, like everybody else, I have absolutely no idea what I'm talking about when it comes to predictions — having recently served on a festival jury, I have an even better sense now of how futile it is for people not in the deliberation room to guess how various compromises might take shape.

Film Music Magazine's Bureau Chief, Michael Rogers and videocolumnist Leslie Harlow had the honor of interviewing Sundance 2012 Documentary Premiere feature, WE STEAL SECRETS: THE STORY OF WIKILEAKS» composer, Will Bates (composer of 2012 Sundance Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film and Special Jury Prize winner, ANOTHER WORLD, Korean War documentary, CHOSIN) in the Sundance ASCAP green room.

The only problem is that America is still in the process of a widespread national debate about gun control, so when absolutely nothing is made of the case at the heart of the story to make room for the chases and behind - closed - doors intrigue, the issue becomes a mere afterthought, which Runaway Jury indifferently exploits for the purpose of escapism.

The jury has fallen in love with the acres of room in the back and the classy touches, while the standard air - suspension across the range means not many cars are as comfortable or as refined.

John Grisham's fans await his annual legal thriller the way a starved jury anticipates free donuts in the break room.

The Cannon Beach Gallery is pleased to announce that Jennifer Zika of the Portland Art Museum's Rental Sales Gallery will be curating a juried art show in September, entitled Room with a View.

One can get quite restless in the jury pool room.

Focus at The Delaplaine is a community celebration of photography featuring The National Juried Photography Exhibit in collaboration with the following partner organizations: • Area 31 • ArtistAngle Gallery • C. Burr Artz Regional Library Maryland Room • Cowork Frederick • Curious Iguana • Frederick Coffee Company • Hood College • The Muse • NOMA Gallery • Serendipity Market & More • Spin the Bottle Wine Company