Sentences with phrase «jury process because»

«The Speaker and the members of the Assembly Majority want to see more transparency in the grand jury process because citizens have a right to know what choices were available and to ensure that there are no conflicts of interest,» said Biche.

Not exact matches

Lawyers (and politicians) are permitted / expected to abandon their «integrity» and present biased or incorrect information in ways they personally know is misleading because they participate in a system where «truth» is found through an adversarial process that guarantees both side equal time before an unbiased jury.

A criminal jury trial is practically unheard of for offences under the Competition Act, because the accused normally plead out so the process is faster, especially in cases like this one, where there is no real case law available under the act, Khoury notes.

In affirming, both the State Court of Appeals and the State Supreme Court rejected Honda's argument that the punitive damages award violated due process because it was excessive and because Oregon courts have no power to correct excessive verdicts under a 1910 amendment to the State Constitution, which prohibits judicial review of the amount of punitive damages awarded by a jury «unless the court can affirmatively say there is no evidence to support the verdict.»

Here, the particular jury selection process employed by Kent County made social or economic factors relevant to whether an otherwise qualified prospective juror would be excused from service; and because such social or economic factors disproportionately impact African Americans in Kent County, such factors produced systematic exclusion.

In its 5 - 4 decision in Philip Morris v. Mayola Williams, Justice Breyer, writing for the majority, held that the jury's verdict violated the Due Process clause of the Constitution because jurors had been permitted to consider harm suffered by other smokers, who weren't parties to the case, in assessing punitive damages.

The judicial nomination process has turned up some embarrassing news about 4th Circuit nominee E. Duncan Getchell: Back in 2004, a Virginia appeals court dismissed his appeal of an $ 8 million jury verdict because Getchell and his firm failed to file the trial transcript.

On your more general point (realism of court - room dramas) the most striking difference between TV and real life (from my single experience) was that the entire court process was far more geared around the jury than is (usually) depicted on TV: witnesses are directed to talk TO the jury (not to the barristers or judge); we were encouraged to indicate to the judge if at any time we were uncertain, or «uncomfortable» for any reason (e.g. because of the nature of the evidence, or simply if we needed the toilet).

Despite recognizing that some other courts have reached a different conclusion, the Ohio Supreme Court held that jury's weighing of aggravating circumstances against mitigating factors is not a fact - finding process, so it is not governed by Hurst, but even if it were, there was no violation because Ohio law requires the jury to unanimously agree that aggravating circumstances outweigh mitigating circumstances beyond a reasonable doubt before the trial judge can consider imposing a death sentence.

Similarly, because information disclosed to a grand jury is vital to law enforcement purposes and is covered by secrecy protection, this rule allows disclosure with no further process.

Every year, several jury verdicts are reversed and expensive new trials are ordered because of the risk of a serious error in the deliberative process.