Sentences with phrase «minds of jurors»

But whereas rape trials may no more be sullied by stereotypes about victim behaviour than is the case with Saturday night GBH, race hatred, mugging, and mini-market shoplifting, the sensitive political issues surrounding the crime of rape may drive pressures for the introduction of sui generis measures aimed at removing myths from the minds of jurors.

This goes a long way towards proving negligence in the minds of jurors.

«Any prejudicial effect this evidence might have had on the minds of the jurors was far outweighed by its probative value on the issue to be determined by the jury.»

In R. v. Suarez - Noa, 2015 ONSC 3823 Justice Reid ordered a mistrial after the prosecutor suggested «to the jury that the accused had behaved like an animal rather than a human being,» calling the characterization «highly improper» and incapable of being «erased from the minds of the jurors» (para. 10 - 11)

Given the pervasiveness of modern communications and the difficulty of effacing prejudicial publicity from the minds of the jurors, the trial courts must take strong measures to ensure that the balance is never weighed against the accused.

Snipes said that ultimately, experts cancel each other out in the minds of jurors, who instead look at the defendant's actions.

Not exact matches

Many jurors actually make up their minds about sentencing before the end of a trial.

He said that for the retrial, the defense focused less on mental health records and experts and more on getting jurors to see into the mind of the woman who Parnham said drowned her children because she thought that if she didn't they would be taken by Satan.

To wit, Goldstein used a PowerPoint presentation offering 16 reasons that jurors should «know» what was going on in Silver's mind — even though Silver did not take the witness stand, and even though witnesses said there was never any explicitly articulated exchange of favors for cash.

The prosecutor said jurors could impute that state of mind from other factors in the case, including the perception of other people involved in the exchanges as well as what he called Silver's «lies» on required disclosure forms and in response to press inquiries.

He asked that jurors bear in mind three «silver bullets» that drove holes into prosecutors» case, including the forging of Venditto's signature on the paperwork for one of Singh's town - guaranteed loans.

The goal of the government and the defense is to identify jurors who might have made up their minds about the guilt or innocence of Mr. Silver, who was forced to step down as speaker of the New York Assembly after his arrest in January.

Before sending jurors home for the night, the judge, Valerie E. Caproni, gave the usual advice that they not read about or listen to news accounts regarding the case, but she added a caution that they should not make up their minds because they had not heard all of the evidence.

Though nearly all the jurors had made up their minds at the beginning of deliberations, Ms. Phillips and Ms. Maynard said, the 12 took their time re-examining the evidence.

Perhaps if we were talking about Apple dictating prices on video games, there could be some room for Apple to gain the hearts and minds of consumers (and jurors).

In order to be effective on behalf of clients, whether in a criminal or civil case, attorneys must be ready and willing to delve into questions that may be on the jurors» minds about evidence that was not presented — e.g., Why didn't the police get fingerprints off of the victim's t - shirt?

If the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case influences the dominant narrative that pops into our minds when we address the kinds of questions Prof. Thompson poses, then it may pervert our perspective as a society of potential jurors.

As a juror, you must wait until all the evidence is in before you can make up your mind, and then you must participate in the deliberative process with the other jurors, discussing everyone's impression of the evidence, and its consequences.

Although much of the interest in neurolaw has focused on understanding the mind and brain of criminals, neuroscience can also make important contributions with respect to jurors and judges.

The idea here is that this allows jurors to get their minds thinking about what they are going to be considering at the end of the case.

Either way, it probably won't create reasonable doubt in the juror's mind about the specific charge they're weighing and it has the potential to open a can of worms that would be unfavorable to the defendant.

As jurors are often told, «We know the contents of other minds by the statements people make and the behavior they engage in.»

This mythology finds its way into the decisions of the police regarding their «founded» / «unfounded» categorization, operates in the mind of the Crown when deciding whether or not to prosecute, influences a judge's or juror's perception of guilt or innocence of the accused and the «goodness» or «badness» of the victim, and finally, has carved out a niche in both the evidentiary and substantive law governing the trial of the matter.

Eugene Volokh reports on a recent Ninth Circuit ruling in the case of Williams v. Cavazos in which a juror, who was reluctant to convict, was dismissed in the middle of deliberations: Dismissing a Holdout Juror in the Middle of Deliberations Because «His Mind Is Bent... Against the Prosecution&rjuror, who was reluctant to convict, was dismissed in the middle of deliberations: Dismissing a Holdout Juror in the Middle of Deliberations Because «His Mind Is Bent... Against the Prosecution&rJuror in the Middle of Deliberations Because «His Mind Is Bent... Against the Prosecution»

Punitive damages require jurors to read the minds of corporate defendants, looking for bad intent or reckless disregard.

This was an emotional moment that focused the jurors» minds on the fact of the regular ongoing communications — an essential part of the case for this lawyer's client.

Did you know that in Alabama, not only are independent - minded jurors screened out of capital cases through death qualification of juries, but that even when these rigged juries want to impose a penalty of life without parole, a single judge can override twelve verdicts from jurors?

Trial counsel's deficient performance prejudiced Syed's defense, because, but for trial counsel's failure to investigate, there is a reasonable probability that McClain's alibi testimony would have raised a reasonable doubt in the mind of at least one juror about Syed's involvement Hae's murder.