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The committee also heard from one of the jurors from the Paul Bernardo murder trial who testified that she has to watch «those girls being raped and tortured — wasn't just watching evidence; it was sitting in a box where I felt I couldn't do anything to save them.

There were 23 winners this year picked by an esteemed panel of jurors from a pool of thousands of applicants.

The 2010 Into the Pixel exhibit features twenty works of video game art, selected by a panel of jurors from a field of submissions gleaned from artists around the world.

Into The Pixel features a representative sampling of video game art, selected by a panel of jurors from a field of submissions.

Not exact matches

The 62 - year - old former professional wrestler, whose legal name is Terry Bollea, told jurors he still is suffering from the humiliation of the sex tape's posting in 2012.

Gonzalez said three are immigrants; jurors» occupations include flight attendant, software engineer, nurse, marketing accountant and health economist; and they live in a variety of neighborhoods, from Visitacion Valley, Bernal Heights and the Excelsior to the Mission District, Russian Hill and Nob Hill.

The new information from these documents comes just two weeks after a Philadelphia grand jury report said the jurors had «no doubt» that Bevilacqua's «knowing and deliberate actions during his tenure as archbishop also endangered thousands of children in the Philadelphia Archdiocese.»

I said it to hotair already, but I will expand it a bit for you: what is evidence for some is not accepted by everyone; just as in a court case, some jurors are convinced with very little evidence while some people can not be convinced of something no matter how much evidence there is... much of this comes from how you were raised and your own personal world view, for many people God does not fit into their world view so whatever evidence there is they close their eyes and say, «No, I don't believe that!»

My education in the functioning of justice, American style, moved forthwith from television, newspapers and civics books to the courtroom, the jury room and the jurors» sleeping quarters in the courthouse.

The burden of proving guilt «beyond a reasonable doubt» is far from absolute as a protection against the accidents of incriminating circumstance, the political ambitions of some prosecutors, the potential for framed evidence, the passions of communities, and the prejudices and limitations of jurors, judges and prosecutors alike.

He sat impassively at a table with his court - appointed lawyers while a prosecutor from the district attorney's office questioned the panel of prospective jurors sitting in the spectators» section of the courtroom.

Despite the lengthy deliberations, jurors said they did not feel pressured by the judge to arrive at a verdict, and they were not influenced by unusual distractions, ranging from the length of deliberations to Leitza's departure to attend the wedding to the highly visible and vocal group of midwife advocates who attended the trial.

Another juror, D.J. McCullough, 30, a financial adviser from Libertyville, said: «All 12 of us thought [Cryns] was reckless, and most of us thought she was a liar.

Jury deliberations in the corruption trial of former top Cuomo aide Joe Percoco appeared to have run aground on their fourth day, as three jurors issued notes asking to be excused from the case, with one expressing concern about the storm expected to slam the New York City metro area; and another saying that she has sick children.

Silver's attorney agrees that it was «distasteful» of the former Assembly speaker to get rich off people who stood to benefit from the power of his office — but, he told jurors, that doesn't make it a crime.

Today the jury, after several partial days of deliberation, advised the court that it is deadlocked and several jurors asked to be released from further service.

Defense lawyers have sought to make the trial into a referendum for jurors on Howe; his name came up hundreds of times over the past two days of closing arguments by lawyers from the four defense teams.

Lawyer James Branden told the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that when Boyland was convicted in 2014 of overlapping schemes to take cash from undercover agents to help them with a carnival permit and a real estate project, the judge gave jurors too broad a definition of the type of promised acts that the Supreme Court says would be a crime.

At one point, jurors sent out a note seeking more information from witness Laura Spence, an FBI special agent who took notes of interviews with Linda Mangano.

He showed jurors copies of checks dating back to 2006 in amounts ranging from $ 64 to $ 16,870, paid to various Singh businesses by the campaign, Friends of John Venditto.

Caproni said she had gotten a note Wednesday from one of the jurors asking when the trial would be concluded.

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.

Prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan urged jurors to also consider the dozens of other witnesses and evidence presented — mostly emails from any number of state officials, including Percoco — that they say show Percoco and the businessmen engaged in a systemic pattern of bribe - making and receiving and Percoco - driven actions with state officials to try to help their companies.

Agnifilo showed jurors copies of checks dating back to 2006 in amounts ranging from $ 64 to $ 16,870, paid to various Singh businesses and Singh's father's foundation by the campaign.

The jury drama in the corruption trial of former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver continued on Monday, as Juror No. 11, an African - American man from the Bronx, asked to be dismissed over a conflict of interest.

Liberal 9th Circuit Judge Stephen Reinhardt, who struck down California's Proposition 8 as well as gay marriage bans in Nevada and Idaho, and wrote a ruling that barred jurors from being removed because of sexual orientation, has died at 87.

Mei, who has pleaded guilty to receiving bribes from a town concessionaire whose dealings match those of Singh, will, according to Treinis Gatz, explain to jurors how Venditto's allegedly corrupt acts were «the Town of Oyster Bay way.»

The juror was replaced by a woman from the pool of alternates, keeping the panel at six women and six men.

In its decision regarding Silver's case, the appeals court ruled in 2017 that the definition of official corruption provided to the jurors differed from the one used by the U.S. Supreme Court when it overturned the corruption conviction of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, and so it was possible the jury could have ruled differently had it been instructed on the updated definition of the law.

Zhou told jurors that defense lawyers purposely sought to confuse them over the past month - and - a-half in what he said, in the end, is a «simple case» of a top government official allegedly selling his position of power in the Cuomo administration to executives whose companies allegedly got millions of dollars» worth of insider help from Percoco with everything from stalled government payments for a Syracuse construction project to help with an Orange County gas - fired power plant development.

Prosecutors and defense lawyers proposed a cornucopia of possible solutions, ranging from finishing the trial with just 11 jurors to replacing a current juror with an alternate — a move that would require the newly constituted 12 - member jury to restart deliberations entirely.

In its ruling, the high court narrowed the definition of what constitutes an «official act» by a politician, making it more difficult for prosecutors to obtain convictions in cases in which it can not be made clear to jurors exactly what a politician did in return for money or services received from someone or an entity hoping to improperly influence government.

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.

Juror Arleen Phillips was unsure if prosecutors were correct when they said ex - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver had abused his office by receiving millions of dollars in kickbacks from companies with business before the state.

A letter to U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni complains that a series of posters in the 40 Foley Square courthouse features dozens of famous cases from the court's history that could prejudice jurors.

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.

The letter to U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni complains that a series of posters in the 40 Foley Square courthouse where they will be tried features dozens of famous cases from the court's history that could prejudice jurors.

Bronx Assemblyman Eric Stevenson was removed from office Monday after jurors found him guilty of accepting $ 22,000 in bribes.

For the last two months, Brooklyn jurors have heard that Espada allegedly misspent hundreds of thousands of dollars from the nonprofit on lavish family vacations, home improvements and high - end personal meals.

Last week, a woman asked to be removed from the panel trying former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, saying other jurors were bullying her over difference of opinion.

Greensboro, North Carolina (CNN)- After weeks of hearing from prosecutors, jurors in the corruption trial of former presidential candidate John Edwards heard Monday from his defense team, which opened its case with testimony from a former financial officer.

Request from heads of International Andy Awards and Advertising Club of New York follows announcement from Cannes it was cautioning jurors to disregard ads with gender bias

Saying that the jury is entitled to understand the criminal element of the word «ziti,» prosecutors are attempting to show jurors a clip of «The Sopranos» where the meaning of «ziti» is explained, but Judge Caproni has barred prosecutors from such a move.

On Day 4 of deliberations, WNYC Radio is reporting that jurors in Councilman Larry Seabrook «s federal corruption trial asked for more transcripts of testimony from a half dozen witnesses — including the embattled politician's former girlfriend.

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.

«We the jurors remain deadlocked on all counts,» read the note from the jury in federal corruption trial of City Council Member Larry Seabrook.

On Monday, a second juror asked to be removed from the case, citing a conflict of interest related to his job.

Three jurors also had asked to be removed from the case, citing the six - week length of the trial and personal reasons.

A second note came shortly afterward, apparently from a different unidentified juror, stating that one of the jurors — the note did not specify which one — was having difficulty distinguishing whether or not giving New York State funds for «something in return is illegal.»

A second round of laughter came from prospective jurors when Bricetti read a long list of individuals whose names might come up during the trial, including prominent Westchester political figures like Nick Spano, the Republican former senator - turned - lobbyist who was jailed for tax evasion, as well as former Westchester DA Jeanine Pirro and her ex-husband Al Pirro.