Sentences with phrase «jury selection process»

Vanessa MacDonnell, a University of Ottawa law professor, says lawyers have a «professional responsibility, and I would say a constitutional obligation, to ensure that they don't discriminate against people as part of jury selection process.»

According to Mitch, the potential of Google Glass is that «the entire jury selection process (will take) less time while providing a more meaningful dialog.»

The Westchester and suburban New York City connections were underscored on Monday during the day - long jury selection process, when Judge Vincent Briccetti provided a long list of names that may come up during the trial.

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 this post, California trial attorney Mitch Jackson envisions how Google Glass — Google's wearable, interactive technology — could be used to facilitate a smoother, more streamlined and less intrusive jury selection process than traditional methods, including pen and paper.

Examined trial procedure and class action suit rules, and evaluated jury selection process and techniques.

Juror privacy will be enhanced, all parties to a criminal proceeding will have equal access to relevant information on prospective jurors, and we will have increased accountability surrounding the entire jury selection process.»

Just days before the companies are expected to begin the jury selection process, Alsup ordered that Alphabet be given more time to delve into new evidence that Uber provided last week.

The jury selection process for Shkreli's trial took several days, and over 200 potential jurors were dismissed from selection.

Scores of prospective jurors are to appear for questioning on Monday morning in the United States Courthouse in Lower Manhattan as the jury selection process advances in the corruption trial of Assemblyman Sheldon Silver.

WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain of the Times Union about thousands of teamsters avoiding a pension cut, the jury selection process in the trial of UAlbany students accused of making up allegations of being the targets of a racist attack on a CDTA bus, and the tragic story of a boat and the death of an eight - year - old girl.

To prevent disparities in jury rulings, more attention needs to be placed on the pre-trial aspects of the jury selection process, such as minority underrepresentation and measuring bias in potential jurors.

«Tuesday's Three Burning Legal Questions Main Will Facebook Become Part of the Jury Selection Process?»

No, she argues, because «peremptory challenges represent the system's safety valve» that adjusts for weaknesses in the jury selection process.

During the jury selection process, the judge and attorneys will question the pool of potential jurors regarding pertinent matters of the case.

This includes the statements made during the jury selection process, the opening statements and the closing arguments.

This week's Freedom Friday video shines a bright light on the jury selection process from a prosecuting attorney.

Both are designed to help lawyers during the jury selection process.

I do agree that merely abolishing peremptory challenges is a totally insufficient response to the long - standing problems that the jury selection process in Stanley brought into the public eye so dramatically.

«Will Facebook Become Part of the Jury Selection Process?

Among judges who do not permit attorneys to use social media during the jury selection process, the most common reasons were concerns about logistics and the privacy of jurors.

We're trying to go to trial against a man for marijuana possession but nearly all of the 27 possible jurors told the judge during the jury selection process that there was no way they would convict anybody of having a couple of buds of marijuana.

concludes that the app does a nice job of helping lawyers collect and organize a great deal of information in the jury selection process, and «allows an attorney to use the iPad on a lectern simply using their finger to enter juror data while maintaining a conversational atmosphere while talking with the jury pool.»

Books and movies like The Runaway Jury dramatize the jury selection process and give some actual insight into how it is really done.

In a series of short posts on Monday, Josh gives a point - by - point commentary of his thoughts and impressions about his jury selection process.

Author: Note, «Another Step Towards Ending Discrimination In The Jury Selection Process — «Powers v. Ohio,» 14 Campbell Law Review, 369, 1992.

The impetus to rework the jury selection process in Bill C - 75 comes in response to the public's reaction to the acquittal of Gerald Stanley, which we have previously blogged about.

The government proposes to improve the jury selection process and seeks to encourage diversity by abolishing peremptory challenges.

When a prospective juror arrives at his or her assigned court, the first task is to fill out a questionnaire and participate in the jury selection process.

And, when it comes to the trial apps, there are apps devoted to assisting with the jury selection process and there are the trial presentation apps.

It should impact the jury selection process.

The Jury Act, 1998 and The Jury Regulations, 2000 are the legislative authority for Saskatchewan's jury selection process.

In civil matters, jurors are paid $ 15.00 for each day or part of day that they attend court for the jury selection process.

The decision today will not end the racial discrimination [p103] that peremptories inject into the jury selection process.

Accordingly, the component of the jury selection process at issue here, the State's privilege to strike individual jurors through peremptory challenges, is subject to the commands of the Equal Protection Clause.

The acquittal of Saskatchewan farmer Gerald Stanley earlier this month in the shooting death of Colten Boushie has sparked calls for changes to the jury selection process to ensure juries are more representative of the makeup of the local community.

A two - year Toronto Star / Ryerson School of Journalism investigation documenting the racial makeup of jurors in 52 criminal trials since 2016 in Toronto and Brampton reveals flaws in the jury selection process that skews towards property owners, fails to reflect the GTA's growing diversity and excludes potentially millions of Ontarians from serving their civic duty.