Sentences with phrase «jury of one's peers»

This is hardly comparable to our modern day jury of your peers.

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.

«In a world where most cash arts prizes are voted by small juries of peers, it puts faith in a diverse group of fiercely independent critics.

«Each of the category winners was a genuine selection by an impressive jury of peers.»

People could contract with Karma Court to facilitate dispute resolution by using a crowd - sourced jury of peers — of any size — that you've never met and know nothing about you.

«Secret arbitration takes away a woman's right to a trial by a jury of her peers and provides a dark alley for Uber to hide from the justice system, the media and public scrutiny,» according to the letter.

She added: «He should come home to the United States, and be judged by a jury of his peers — not hide behind the cover of an authoritarian regime.

If a jury of its peers were to grade Dash on its performance in 2017, the majority would say it lived up to its billing.

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

Hey, Piddler, did you ever manage to find the wording about a «jury of his peers» in the Const itution?

In bringing this lawsuit, we hope and expect that a jury of their peers will send a strong message to Catholic Charities that retaliation is illegal and will not be tolerated.»

Mr. Davis was tried by a jury of his peers.

We all face the jury of our peers and our families, of society and our community every day.

Hey, if OJ could be released on 2 murders by a jury of his peers: The Jury By Race: 9 Blacks (women), 1 Hispanics, 2 Whites then Long will be forgiven also by most Blacks.

«I don't want the Father, you know I want a vending machine I don't want the Son, you know I want a jury of peers I don't want the Spirit, you know I want the kick drum»

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

On an aside, I have always hated the «jury of your peers» line.

The only thing he's accepted is he cheated on his girlfriend and if he refuses to accept what he did was rape, despite a jury of his peers disagreeing, then how can he truly be rehabilitated and reintegrated into society when he has no grasp of what the law's definition of that crime is?

i hope for your sake you are never falsely accused of a felony, and subjected to a jury of your peers.

All of the jurors stated they've never ridden public transportation, and they've never really been in my shoes, so I think there was maybe not a jury of peers.»

And you were convicted by a jury of your peers.

A jury of their peers agreed and condemned them.

A citizen has a right to a trial by a jury of their peers.

A jury of his peers has found former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver guilty of corruptly abusing his office — again.

«If he had a jury of his peers who tried to start businesses in New York City I think he'd be acquitted pretty quickly,» Mr. Cox said.

«This is a jury of his peers and his peers have found that he did something inappropriate.»

Now if more of the juries of our peers acted like they had at least half a brain in their heads, we could rid Bronx streets of all shades of criminality, regardless of color, ethnic group, religious affiliation, charitable association, education or diseducation, political power or disenfranchised, bank account of seven figures or unemployed public asistance recipient.

A jury of his peers convicted Silver back on Nov. 30, 2015, but an appeals court tossed that verdict after the Supreme Court ruled that an office - holder's corruption must involve abuse of his official powers.

In the end, Silver was not powerful enough to avoid arrest, his quick ouster as speaker, and a trial before a jury of his peers.

«Convicted of bad acting by a jury of your peers, you're sentenced to back up dancing for Britney Spears.»

More important, he will get a close - up view of the justice system — including a jury of his peers — without the threat of a criminal record.

A Jury of Her Peers is a critical piece in the study of American literature — it's also just fun to read.

One of the most exciting new books this year for literature lovers is Elaine Showalter's A Jury of Her Peers: American Women Writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx.

As a 35 - year - old black man living in Florida, I can honestly say that now, more than ever in my lifetime, I am mortally afraid of inadvertently pissing off some over-eager, trigger - happy jackass with a gun, who would then feel entirely justified in shooting me because he felt «threatened» and knew that he'd be absolved by a jury of his peers of any wrongdoing.

For the inaugural game to face the jury of its peers, it's Activision and Raven Software's meaty sci - fi shooter Singularity.

A version of this review appears in print on October 1, 2010, on Page C25 of the New York edition with the headline: With a Jury Of Their Peers.

This is like Anne Boleyn being tried for witchcraft etc. by a jury of her peers who all agreed on what Henry wanted.

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.

Soon, some global warming denier will be tried by a jury of his peers and sentenced to death if he doesn't renounce his denialism.

The open letter was addressed to the Uber Technologies Inc. board of directors by women who write that confidential arbitration goes against Uber's declared mission to help «make streets safer» and takes away a woman's right to a trial by a jury of her peers, providing «a dark alley for Uber to hide from the justice system, the media and public scrutiny.»

This month, he presented his case in the Indiana Northern District Court before Judge Philip P. Simon — and a jury of his peers — and he won!

«In cases like these, where Ronnie Chang will face a jury of his peers, jurors may be faced with decisions about unjust laws.

What «tort reform» aims to do is to issue, by government decree, that individuals and classes of people should not be able to bring civil actions in certain instances and / or should be limited in the amount they are able to recover by a predetermined structure as opposed to the judgment rendered by a jury of their peers.

We have found the the leverage we have over insurance company's is the ability to file a lawsuit, conduct formal discovery and present your case to a jury of your peers.