Sentences with phrase «judged by juries of their peers»

Zimmerman was judged by a jury of his peers and found innocent.

The rights and positions of people with learning disabilities are not judged by juries of their peers but by systems where power is held by «lords» — commissioners, social workers, service providers, psychiatrists, judges and politicians.

That premise that when judged by a jury of our peers if there is reasonable doubt, one can not convict?

As your will read later below, scientific consensus is just as important as being judged by a jury of your peers in a court of law.

«We believe that Cryptsy users that did not sign the contract with Coinbase were entitled to their day in court and be judged by a jury of their peers,» he said.»

Not exact matches

Instead of a jury of your peers or an impartial judge, the decisionmaker in arbitration proceedings is often an individual hired by the company.

Dominic Willmott, researcher at Huddersfield University and Lecturer in Forensic Psychology at Leeds Trinity University, said: «As has been the case for centuries, defendants have the right to be judged by a panel of their peers, making the concept of juries the heart of our justice system.

Hopefully no one will ever have to deal with the stresses of going to court and having their future hanging in the balance by a judge and a jury of their peers.

After all, our modern system of justice where parties resolve their disputes before an impartial third party (the judge) and / or a jury of their peers was intended to replace trial by combat - in which parties settled their differences by fighting it out (usually to the death).

And the jury gave the usual verdict... [9]... While jury trials in civil cases seem to exist in Ontario solely to keep damages awards low in the interest of insurance companies, rather than to facilitate injured parties being judged by their peers, the fact is that the jury system is still the law of the land....

Look at the first sentence in para. 9 of the reasons: «While jury trials in civil cases seem to exist in Ontario solely to keep damages awards low in the interest of insurance companies, rather than to facilitate injured parties being judged by their peers, the fact is that the jury system is still the law of the land.»