Sentences with phrase «jurors also»

The jurors also awarded Hackett's spouse $ 3 million for past and future loss of consortium.

The Nora Ephron Prize jurors also gave a Special Jury Mention to writer / director Rachel Israel for her film Keep the Change (without additional comment), although Israel's enjoyable romantic comedy (an unusual story with a male character at its center) captured The Founder's Award for Best Narrative Feature (and $ 20,000 sponsored by AT&T).

Three jurors also had asked to be removed from the case, citing the six - week length of the trial and personal reasons.

The jurors also could not reach a verdict on two additional counts of illegal practices in campaign financing, and acquitted the Bridgeport Democrat of one count of witness tampering.

These pro-death penalty jurors also tend to share opinions on other matters, University of Miami law professor Scott Sundby told Green.

'» The juror also stated that if Avery does receive a new trial, it should be held far away from Wisconsin.

The Awards Juror also selects one artist for the $ 250 Catherine and Theo Hios Landscape Award.

Not exact matches

The gig also offers pay that's far below what Obama is used to: Cook County jurors earn less than $ 20 per day.

Those who knew Gowdy during his 16 years as a state and federal prosecutor in South Carolina say he also has a gift of the gab and a willingness to tug on jurors» heartstrings.

The new information from these documents comes just two weeks after a Philadelphia grand jury report said the jurors had «no doubt» that Bevilacqua's «knowing and deliberate actions during his tenure as archbishop also endangered thousands of children in the Philadelphia Archdiocese.»

Not only we had a ball at Coffee Fest Chicago, we also took home the top notable awards of the year - «Best New Product Award» in Consumables, voted by expert jurors of the coffee world, and «People's Choice Award», voted by all Coffee Fest attendees across the categories!

He also seemed to blame the guilty verdict on juror confusion, saying the law was very technical and its possible the jury couldn't «decipher the nuances» of the counts against him.

And «This Is Us» — cited by one prospective juror because the show features adopted children, and by another — the grandmother of triplets — because the show also features three characters born on the same day.

The questionnaire also asks potential jurors if they have any connections to business developments such as the Central New York Film Hub, the Aloft hotel, or to state agencies such as ESD or the Dormitory Authority.

Prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan urged jurors to also consider the dozens of other witnesses and evidence presented — mostly emails from any number of state officials, including Percoco — that they say show Percoco and the businessmen engaged in a systemic pattern of bribe - making and receiving and Percoco - driven actions with state officials to try to help their companies.

Howe told jurors that while Percoco was serving in the governor's office he spoke with him daily, but also counted former senior Cuomo aides Howard Glaser and Jim Malatras as close connections, along with other staffers in the Cuomo administration.

The judge also asked prospective jurors to name two people they admired and Oprah and Barack Obama came out on top.

Also Wednesday, jurors for the first time heard the voice of Venditto in the court proceeding when prosecutors entered as evidence an October 2016 video of him presiding over a town board meeting.

But Judge Miller also did not sentence the minimum 15 years in prison after scrutinizing the jurors» verdict.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Raymond A. Tierney on Tuesday also began his closing argument by talking to jurors about their time in court.

Also Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Joan Azrack dismissed a female juror for a reason or reasons that were not disclosed.

It included some last - minute drama from a juror this morning, who told the judge he should be excused because the man who owned his taxi medallion also went to synagogue with Silver.

The judge also warned lawyers when jurors were not in the room that they might need to be prepared to discuss how to proceed should all jurors not show up Thursday.

«I want to remind you that each juror is entitled to his or her opinion,» she said to the jury, «but you are also required to respectfully exchange views with your fellow jurors.

He also urged the jurors not to allow any distaste for politicians or the fact that Silver got rich while in office influence their views of the case.

Prosecutors also showed jurors a document illustrating how an earlier draft of the legislation would have harmed Glenwood by letting tax abatements expire and allowing the city to adopt stronger rent regulations.

Singh told jurors said he also pleaded guilty to bribing Mangano, John Venditto and former Oyster Bay deputy town attorney Fred Mei, who secretly pleaded guilty to corruption charges in 2015 as part of a cooperation deal with the feds.

Wills took cash from New York 4 - Life, which is also against the rules of the nonprofit, Morrissey told Queens Supreme Court jurors.

«Make no mistake: The government's case is heavily leveraged on Todd Howe,» said Milton Williams, the attorney for Gerardi, who also laid out multiple reasons he thinks jurors should be able to form reasonable doubts regarding Gerardi and the other defendants» guilt.

He said the two separate trials will also result in less confusion among jurors in the sweeping set of charges.

Savino, a former power - broker lawyer, also confided to jurors about how far he's fallen hard since being busted by the feds, saying he now works at a restaurant cleaning bathrooms and filling ice trays.

On the second day of jury deliberations in Robert Menendez's corruption trial, one juror asked a question that cut to the heart of the case — and, also, to the rudiments of fifth - grade civics: «What is a senator?»

The ex-lobbyist also told jurors about Cuomo's attendance at a fundraiser in a showroom full of Corvettes to raise $ 125,000 in untraceable contributions, while prosecutors offered evidence that Percoco exercised power and was allowed to use his state office near the governor's even after quitting the government to run Cuomo's re-election campaign.

Percoco also personally assured the elder Aiello that his son was in good hands, according to a Nov. 6, 2014, email shown to jurors.

At one point, he also walked over to the witness stand, telling jurors that after their testimony, Mei, Singh and Genova would walk away from the courtroom as free men.

ALBANY — If they could, the jurors who convicted Joseph L. Bruno of fraud charges also would indict the state Legislature for negligence.

According to a document the prosecution displayed for the jurors, AbTech, which makes sponges that filter out pollutants from water, had also been making «fracking filters» and «hydrofracking filters.»

A questionnaire distributed recently to potential jurors contains a long list of current and former members of state government, Cuomo's administration, state higher education institutions, and also people connected to development and business firms across the state.

Disgust also clouds a juror's judgement more than feelings of anger.

Also warranted are studies on how police officers, judges, lawyers and jurors evaluate and understand fingerprint evidence, the report says.

The goal of all of these efforts is to improve the fairness and effectiveness of the criminal justice system — not only by distinguishing between appropriate and inappropriate uses of neuroscientific evidence, but also by using neuroscientific techniques to enrich understanding of the decisions and behavior of defendants, judges and jurors.

«Rememory» star and Sundance juror Peter Dinklage, «Underground» stars Jurnee Smollett - Bell and Aldis Hodge, «Bitch» director Marianna Palka, «XX» director Roxanne Benjamin and the «Lethal Ladies» of the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women, who star in the buzzed about Sundance documentary «Step,» also joined the march.

Let it suffice to say that it's always usually enjoyable to discuss movies with other creative types and in this case it was extra enjoyable as my fellow jurors Dan Butler (previous discussed) and Joe Leydon (a Texas based film critic who also writes for Variety) were both fun passionate movie - loving guys.

Colorful, not only because the original film was in black and white, but also because of the inclusion of jurors covering a much wider range of ethnic diversity.

The jurors — filmmaker Emily Yoshida, film critic Justin Chang, and IMDb founder Col Needham — also singled out director Carly Stone's comedy «The New Romantic,» about a college girl who starts dating older men, and presented a special jury prize for writing to Nijla Mu» min's «Jinn,» about a 17 - year - old girl whose mother suddenly converts to Islam.

Also joining the ladies on the red carpet were jurors Donald Sutherland, George Miller, Valeria Golino, Katayoon Shahabi, Arnaud Desplechin, Laszlo Nemes and Mads Mikkelsen.

Juror Raoul Peck also defended it saying it appealed to both his intellect and his emotions and he thought the director took great risks with a film that perhaps had a fractured structure.

Based on the recommendations of a design panel consisting of four highly respected world design experts, the Mazda2 was also voted by the jurors onto the short - list of top three design finalists, together with the Audi R8 and Volvo C30.

The jurors — Sabine Breitwieser, Naomi Beckwith, Mario Codognato, Yungwoo Lee, and Ranjit Hoskote — also singled out three artists for special mentions: in the main exhibition, the late Harun Farocki (whose entire film catalogue is being screened there); the Aboundaddera collective, which is presenting videos from Syria; and Algerian artist Massinissa Selmani for «working in a modest medium which has the capacity to act beyond its scale.»

She is the lead juror for the 2017 AIMIA AGO Photography Prize, a role she also held in 2014, 2010 and 2012.