Sentences with phrase «members of the jury did»
Jill told Premier it was vital that members of the jury did not have a preconceived idea about what a perpetrator of rape would be like.
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The larger issue for Uber is that this could give credence to Waymo's argument that members of the jury be notified that Uber destroyed or did not disclose relevant evidence as the company was required to by the court.
But a jury in Oregon did just that, acquitting Ammon Bundy and five fellow members of January's armed occupation of a federal wildlife refuge.
«The law, generally, does not allow me to meet with a member of a deliberating jury, because the secrecy of jury deliberations is a cornerstone of our jury system.»
[Judge's voice: Members of the jury, do you have a verdict?]
A jury found former school board member Olga Hernandez not guilty of taking bribes from an insurance contractor doing business with the San Antonio Independent School District, but that doesn't mean she is innocent.
The school and / or the certified school librarian do not have to be a member of ALA, AASL, or any other ALA division to apply; however, the jury may take membership into consideration when determining grant awards.
Oliver Basciano, a member of the prize jury and international editor at ArtReview, said the shortlist reflected the times as it featured artists exploring «how did we get here... trying to work out how things got a bit messed up».
The National Academy, too, has done much in recent years to bring itself screaming and kicking into the current century — including taking every other National Academy Annual, its juried show of contemporary art, beyond Academy members.
However, the Ontario Court of Appeal overturned his conviction because the jury at his trial did not have any Aboriginal members.
This — coupled with the fact that there was no verdict after only a few hours — could be an indication of this jury intending to have more of an internal discussion than the one in 2012, a couple of members of which did everything they could to subsequently discredit the whole U.S. jury system (in connection with patent cases) through interviews.
So much so that, six months ago, if you had said the words «jury nullification» to me, my first response would have been that the power of juries in this country is increasingly being nullified by settlements, plea bargaining, and anything done to ensure that a case isn't presented to a dozen «wild card» members of the citizenry.
It is a great place to find out about how courts are trying to adapt to the world of Facebooking judges, tweeting witnesses, Instagramming lawyers, and jury members doing their own research on the Internet.
Some members of the jury may be unsympathetic simply because they think that the person suing «didn't really need the procedure in the first place.»
If you feel that jury members do not factor in the impact of the claim on their own insurance, guess again.
I can furthermore imagine that some of what jury foreman Velvin Hogan and at least one other member of the jury told the press doesn't sit well with Samsung and its lawyers.
No politician, Judge, journalist, nor any other person, is entitled to enquire subsequently into why the jury reached the decision it did; nor is a member of the jury permitted to make public statements, or give press interviews, about those deliberations.