Sentences with phrase «on a jury in»

Former President Barack Obama will serve on a jury in Cook County sometime next month, according to a report in the Chicago Tribune.

For instance, it wasn't until 1968 that women were allowed to serve on juries in all 50 states.

As one who sat on a jury in a murder case in a state that is not shy about executions, I am aware of how important it is to make sure the right person is convicted.

If I couldn't be trusted to judge innocence or guilt in that litigation, what was the likelihood that I would be seated on a jury in a murder case?

When the State Kills is the model for such an approach, with fascinating and accessible chapters on such topics as the never - ending quest for «painless» executions, the role of and pressures on the jury in capital cases, the portrayal of executions in contemporary films, and the increasingly desperate efforts of death - penalty lawyers to ensure that those who are condemned to die have received something approximating fair treatment under the law.

10 people have now been seated on the jury in Schoharie county Court for the 3rd murder trail of Cal Harris.

Fox Searchlight has announced that «Stoker» has been given a March 1, 2013 release date and we're willing to bet that the likelihood of a fall premiere at Venice — where he won an award for «Sympathy For Lady Vengeance» in 2005 and served on the jury in 2006 — is looking stronger and stronger.

Did you serve on a jury in 2013?

When Kingsolver was born, women couldn't sit on juries in some places, and blacks couldn't use the same public bathrooms as whites.

Have you noticed that fewer people are willing to serve on your juries in this economy?

2) Question: I'm on the jury in a murder trial.

3) Question: The court wants me to be on the jury in a high - profile criminal case, but I have Oprah tickets during the trial!

Conversely, if you are now confused as to why the company that makes your blue jeans is now a social media company, then the lawyers from The Gap would probably like to invite you to be on a jury in the near future.

1) Question: I have been serving on a jury in a criminal trial all week, but the trial is about to conflict with my tickets to see the musical «Chicago» tomorrow.

An inquiry report by former Supreme Court justice Frank Iacobucci in 2013 recommended several changes to get more Indigenous people on juries in Ontario.

Not exact matches

President Donald Trump's campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and Manafort's former business associate, Rick Gates, pleaded not guilty on Monday after being indicted by a grand jury in special counsel Robert Mueller's probe.

A federal jury acquitted him in 2012 of accepting illegal political contributions and deadlocked on five other campaign finance charges, allowing him to retain his law license.

A federal grand jury indicted 13 Russian nationals and a so - called «troll farm» in St. Petersburg on Friday for a broad campaign to sway the 2016 election in Trump's favor.

Jury selection in San Francisco federal court is scheduled to begin on Oct. 10.

The jury spent a total of just 14 hours in the penalty phase of the trial after finding Tsarnaev guilty on all 30 criminal counts, but an automatic appeal means his case will drag on.

Edwards was prosecuted on six counts, one of which he was acquitted on while the jury was hung on the other five, resulting in a mistrial.

Martin Shkreli, unaffectionately known as the «pharma bro» — and infamous for his decision to hike the list price of Daraprim, a drug used by HIV / AIDS and cancer patients to combat infections, by more than 5,000 % in 2015 under his former company Turing Pharmaceuticals — was convicted on three criminal securities fraud and conspiracy charges by a Brooklyn jury on Friday.

Dooley discusses what a difficult time lawyers have in persuading the jury during a tough case, and the comparison he makes to your typical «car salesman» is spot on:

At trial in San Francisco federal court in 2012, the jury deadlocked on Google's fair use defense.

Between 2005 - 2009, prosecutors in Houston County, Alabama had excluded 80 % of blacks who qualified for jury service on death penalty cases.

Biotechnology entrepreneur William Ardrey faces a retrial on fraud charges after Western Australia's Court of Appeal found the jury had been misdirected in the original court case.

While the science has been proven with the giant displays in theatres, the jury is still out on whether it makes a difference with the sorts of curved televisions that manufacturers have recently been introducing, and doubly so with even smaller screens.

«When they did, they brought out the best in lawyers and helped the jury understand what was going on.

In light of that ruling, Hurst wants a jury to make the final decision on whether he is eligible for the death penalty.

As Politico's Jack Shafer notes, «The Florida jury that found in Hogan's favor thought it was delivering a rebuke to morally reprobate coastal elites on behalf of a hometown hero.

After being found guilty in a 2012 jury trial on theft and mail fraud charges, Lanham was sentenced to three years in prison.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 5 - Uber was so driven to «win at all costs» in the race to develop self - driving vehicles that it cheated, a Waymo lawyer told a jury on Monday, the opening salvo in a trade - secrets lawsuit between the two technology companies that could help determine who emerges in the forefront of the autonomous car business.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 5 (Reuters)- Uber was so driven to «win at all costs» in the race to develop self - driving vehicles that it cheated, a Waymo lawyer told a jury on Monday, the opening salvo in a trade - secrets lawsuit between the two technology companies that could help determine who emerges in the forefront of the autonomous car business.

The Village Voice would have been equally offensive to a jury in Tampa [where the case was tried] 40 years ago, but it would not have been read by people on a Tampa jury.

In the Hulk Hogan case, which was also based on an invasion of privacy claim, Harder sued Gawker Media for publishing a clip from a sex video that the former wrestler made with a friend's wife, and won a $ 140 million judgment from a Florida jury.

The accord came ahead of a jury trial that was set to begin on Monday in state court in Woburn, Massachusetts.

In criminal trials, the burden of proof lies on the prosecution, meaning the jury will have to find Hernandez guilty «beyond a reasonable doubt.»

While they opened the trial by admitting Tsarnaev's role, he has maintained his not - guilty plea, leaving prosecutors to first convince the jury of his guilt before moving on to the question of whether he should be sentenced to death or to life in prison without possibility of parole.

The black voters in Philly, and I say this based on 30 years of picking juries and talking to them, are more likely to have a family member who is a police officer, a family member who is in jail, and a family member who has been killed or severely victimized.

The jury also remains out on whether retailers make money by cutting prices in an event which was imported to Britain from the United States by online retailer Amazon in 2010.

Ross Ulbricht, 30, was convicted on all seven counts he faced by a federal jury in Manhattan, following a closely - watched trial that spilled out of U.S. investigations into the use of the digital currency bitcoin for drug trafficking and other crimes.

On June 6, 2017, lawyers presented opening statements in the trial, with Carter having waived her right to a trial by jury.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- The Bangladeshi man accused of attempting a suicide bombing in a busy New York City commuter hub in the name of Islamic State in December was indicted on U.S. terrorism charges by a grand jury on Wednesday.

There's a whole process that's set up to ensure that the jury that finally gets impaneled is an objective group of people with no connection with anything going on in the case that might persuade them to cast a decision that's inconsistent with the evidence that's presented at the trial.

JURY IS STILL OUT ON WHETHER APPS CAN IMPROVE MEDICATION ADHERENCE: Smartphone apps may not be very effective at improving medication adherence, according to a new study published in JAMA.

The 67 - year - old lawyer served in the Bush administration from 2001 to 2005, but resigned after he was indicted by a grand jury on five counts for perjury, obstruction of justice, and making false statements to the FBI.

The jury does pay attention to witnesses when they're in the witness chair, not only on the substantive responses to a question but the body language, the demeanor, and how they respond to cross examination by the other side's lawyer.

The jury is out on some of the acquisitions, in particular Motorola.

A grand jury indicted Libby in 2005 on five counts: two counts of perjury, two counts of making false statements to the FBI and one count of obstruction of justice.

The jury convicted Cosby on three counts — penetration with lack of consent, penetration while unconscious, and penetration after administering an intoxicant — all felonies and punishable by up to 10 years in jail, though the terms could be served concurrently.