Sentences with phrase «many potential jurors»

During the voir dire process the potential jurors come in and they're asked a series of questions by the parties and by the judge to determine whether each potential juror can be completely unbiased and impartial and objective, to make sure they're not biased towards one party or the other.

The names are included on a questionnaire for potential jurors, to help prosecutors and defense lawyers assess whether jurors have any relationships with the people named that could prevent the jurors from being impartial.

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.

The racially diverse jury of five men and seven women were chosen from a pool of thirty potential jurors, some of whom expressed strong feelings about corruption and big money in politics, and even about hydro fracking.

Speaking to potential jurors, the judge said: «This is an important case and we have to find a jury able to try it.»

Hundreds of potential jurors came to the courthouse Wednesday to fill out questionnaires, the first step toward selection of a jury for a trial set to start March 12.

The racially diverse jury of five men and seven women were chosen from a pool of thirty potential jurors, some of whom expressed strong feelings about corruption and big money in politics, and even about hydro - fracking.

Still, Mr. Brafman added, «in today's climate, defendants facing political corruption charges must be concerned about potential juror bias that may be based more on perception than fact.»

U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni said she would question each potential juror to see if they noticed anything unusual outside the courthouse, but she seemed to reject a defense suggestion that any demonstrators be kept farther from the courthouse.

«The exhibit as a whole may be interpreted by potential jurors as the Court's celebration of criminal convictions in significant cases, and particularly cases involving allegations of public corruption,» said the letter filed by Daniel Gitner, a lawyer for former energy company executive Peter Kelly, a co-defendant.

The protest came up repeatedly in court Monday, as the judge asked each potential juror whether they had seen the commotion and whether it could affect their judgment.

The racially diverse jury of five men and seven women were chosen from a pool of thirty potential jurors, some of whom expressed strong feelings about corruption and big money in politics, and even about hydrofracking.

Several potential jurors at the federal securities fraud trial of Martin «Pharma Bro» Shkreli were excused after telling the judge they couldn't be impartial toward the flamboyant former pharmaceutical CEO because of his notoriety for raising the cost of a life - saving drug 5,000 percent.

Potential jurors so far range from a retired building maintenance worker to a former producer for Court TV to a hospital worker who on her questionnaire wrote «all politicians are crooks in some way.»

During jury selection, Judge Vincent Briccetti asked potential jurors whether they heard of any other state political corruption cases.

Former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg reprised his role as a public servant today, joining a pool of dozens of potential jurors in an assault and coercion case in Manhattan.

Potential jurors in the federal bribery trial of Queens state Sen. Malcolm Smith were asked Monday if they recognized any names on a list of possible witnesses or people who would be mentioned during the trial — and nearly all of the 48 in the White Plains court said they knew only of Bloomberg.

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Potential jurors will be asked to answer 33 questions before getting picked or tossed — including their attitudes about Albany politicians and Silver specifically.

Inside the courthouse, U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack asked 51 potential jurors — one by one — about their jobs, what they do in their spare time, their favorite television shows and which public figures they admire.

During jury selection, one potential juror told the court that she had donated to a campaign by Liu.

Last week, more than 100 potential jurors filled out a 15 - page questionnaire that was designed to highlight potential bias or conflicts that might disqualify a person from serving in the case.

Wood, who expects the trial to last three to five weeks, had asked potential jurors if they had a family member or close friend with a developmental disability, a hint at a potential defense strategy painting Adam Skelos in a more sympathetic light.

About 110 potential jurors have gone through the initial screening process.

«There are incidents due to people's hardships when we are willing to give leeway,» said Amer, who cited one case where a potential juror said he was in jeopardy of losing his job if he had to take time off work to serve.

An additional 50 or so potential jurors will be administered a personal questionnaire on Tuesday when jury selection resumes.

Nearly as many potential jurors complained about corruption or money in politics.

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.

This tendency, known as hindsight bias, is very difficult to avoid; several studies have shown that potential jurors are unable to focus solely on the person's conduct and ignore the irrelevant information.

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.

And even where potential jurors are unemployed, they're still worried that jury duty could interfere with their job search.

If someone complained about the judge's conduct to a judicial ethics body in Texas, the judge would very likely receive a private reprimand or maybe if the ethics panel was particularly incensed, a public reprimand, but only because he lost his cool on the bench, not because he required the potential juror to stick around until another suitable case could be found.

Also, the judge is within his rights to punish the potential juror if he determines that the potential juror is actually lying about his ability to be impartial in an effort to evade jury service rather than because he sincerely believes that he can't be fair, and judges have wide authority to determine the credibility and truthfulness of statements made to him in open court (i.e. if the trial judge finds that you are lying, this determination will almost always be honored by an appellate court considering the judge's actions).

The judge's outburst isn't wonderful as a matter of judicial decorum, but the outburst probably doesn't undermine the judge's authority to compel the potential juror to serve in some jury pool.

Getting real feedback from real potential jurors in your venue has never been easier or more cost - effective.

District Attorney Armando R. Villalobos of Cameron County, Texas wants to be able to search potential jurors» Facebook profiles as part of the jury selection process, Gizmodo notes.

You are instructed to appear in court to be on a panel of 60 potential jurors in a health care fraud case but, I mean, damn — you don't have time for that nonsense!

Read the full SFL post and check out the great photos of your potential jurors standing in line at Walmart here.

Last week, Palm Beach County also introduced a video intended to deliver that same message to all potential jurors.

Attorneys have the ability to run a quick Google Search on potential jurors via their smartphones in the courtroom.

He hopes that having more information about potential jurors will lead to selecting a jury that is fair.

A California judge declared a mistrial in a medical malpractice case last week after the doctor defendant — and former drummer for The Offsrping — performed CPR on a potential juror.

This is the process of picking a jury by asking questions of potential jurors.

While having the most accurate information about potential jurors is important, this plan has two serious pitfalls.

It makes sense to research potential jurors, and social media makes it easier than ever.

None of that tells me who our judge will be, who will be on our potential jury pool, and what the mood and physical health will be of the judge, potential jurors, prosecutors and opposing witnesses If they just won a poker game, they might be happy.

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

- Lawyers ask open - ended questions to encourage potential jurors to volunteer more information than necessary.

- Lawyers are taught to encourage potential jurors to grandstand about their beliefs so they can figure out who are «bad apples» that they will deselect from the jury.

Each side gets the opportunity to ask potential jurors questions in an attempt to determine whether that juror has any biases or problems being fare to their client.