Sentences with phrase «information about jurors»

«In several places, the questions are particularly well designed to get direct information about jurors» specific experiences and conduct, not their (usually less reliable) personal assessment of whether they can be fair.»

What of restrictions on lawyers who want to get out - of - court information about jurors, ideally in time to challenge them at the time of their selection, but also to tailor arguments and maybe even appeal results?

Not exact matches

The story was reported by St. Louis Public Radio, in which Grand Juror Doe's lawsuit says «In [the grand juror]'s view, the current information available about the grand jurors» views is not entirely accurate — especially the implication that all grand jurors believed that there was no support for any charges.&rJuror Doe's lawsuit says «In [the grand juror]'s view, the current information available about the grand jurors» views is not entirely accurate — especially the implication that all grand jurors believed that there was no support for any charges.&rjuror]'s view, the current information available about the grand jurors» views is not entirely accurate — especially the implication that all grand jurors believed that there was no support for any charges.»

But, as Tierney pointed out to jurors, information about the alleged bribes introduced at trial is.

That's not to say touch evidence shouldn't be used to help solve crimes, but jurors need to be presented with information about its limitations or wrongful convictions may ensue, while other convictions may fail or be overturned on appeal.

Artadia provided ample information about the awards cycle via one in - person and two online info sessions, one of which concentrated on best studio visit practices and featured past Artadia juror Sandra Jackson - Dumont, Deputy Director for Education and Public Programs at the Seattle Art Museum.

Thus, lawyers from the public defender service have been asking judges to allow them to examine court data on jury pools — and this month, D.C. Superior Court Judge Boasberg ruled that the defense is entitled to information about how jurors are identified and summoned.

The appeals court rejected Sienkowski's argument, holding that under Indiana law a party can not attack the validity of a verdict by juror testimony about jury deliberations unless it relates to (1) drug or alcohol use by any juror, (2) the question of whether extraneous prejudicial information was improperly brought to the jury's attention or (3) whether any outside influence was improperly brought to bear upon any juror.

Currently, jurors must provide names and basic information about employers, religion and children.

Villalobos claims that having access to jurors» Facebook profiles will reveal more information about them, such as interests, education and work history.

«The case is one of a rising number nationally in which jurors have used iPhones, BlackBerrys and home computers to gather and send information about cases, undermining judges and jury trials,» writes Courier - Journal reporter Andrew Wolfson.

He hopes that having more information about potential jurors will lead to selecting a jury that is fair.

While having the most accurate information about potential jurors is important, this plan has two serious pitfalls.

During questioning about juror exposure to the literature, only one juror said that he was approached but that he declined to accept the information.

During questioning about juror exposure to the literature, only one potential juror said that he was approached but that he declined to accept the information.

Evan Brown's Internet Cases blog flagged an interesting case over the weekend coming out of Morris County, N.J. Brown writes that the courthouse in that county provides wireless internet access, and during jury selection, plaintiffs counsel in a medical malpractice case began using his laptop to «Google» potential jurors to gain additional information about them.

No less that Edward Greenspan has commented on the use of social media by lawyers and in particular how social networking websites can be mined for information about potential jurors.

After a hearing on the motion, the trial judge concluded that the introduction of the information about Flynn's searches impacted the jurors» decision as to whether the product was defective and whether Takata had notice of any defects.

Nearly 100 articles on various aspects of trial preparation, such as, «Bridging the Juror Information Gap: Five Best Practices for Learning More About Jurors.»

Interestingly, the press comparison in this case does not work, because the press has greater access to information about the trial than jurors do.

You'll gather priceless information about which jurors to keep and how to try the case.

A free CJER Online Course by the California Center for Judicial Education and Research uses a simulation format to provide legal and tactical information about handling hardship, cause, and peremptory challenges with prospective jurors in the context of a felony trial.

Provides information about being a juror in California, and provides links to California's civil and criminal jury instructions.

Yesterday, a jury unanimously stood in defense of juror educators» right to share general education information about jury nullification and the Fully Informed Jury Association on Facebook, in delivering a Not Guilty verdict in the case of Luke Lamb.

We recently brought you news that candidate for Sheriff of Greene County, Illinois, Luke Lamb, has been charged with unlawful communication with a juror for sharing a link to the FIJA website and making comments about jury nullification on Facebook to someone who apparently requested the information.

• One third, or 18 of the 55 Crown attorney offices in Ontario had received background information about prospective jurors since March 31, 2006 — this practice extended well beyond the four locales previously identified in the media;

CCA 1981 forbids attempting to solicit information from jurors about their deliberations, so it is not possible to enquire if juries do actually absorb nothing from the papers they have read.

A web page is worth a thousand words, especially if you're looking for information about potential jurors who will decide the fate of your case.

Between jurors searching for (sometimes erroneous) information online about a case they're on, or using social media to speak about a case that could affect their ability to serve, you could potentially uncover a lot of material that could help you polish up your questions and arguments.