Sentences with phrase «paid by the jurors»

The jury is administered by an organizing committee and funded exclusively with dues paid by the jurors.

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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.

Nearly six weeks after the corruption trial began, jurors Thursday afternoon were dispatched by U.S. District Court Judge Valerie Caproni to begin deliberations into whether Percoco, a longtime confidante of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, used his top government post to enrich himself via bribes paid by two companies with business before the state.

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.

In one exchange heard by jurors, Stevenson tells Gonzalez, «I wan na bless it to the sponsor, too» — which Gonzalez testified was code for paying him off.

Smith's attorney, Gerald Shargel, told jurors the recordings will show that Smith never paid or accepted even $ 1 — and that Stern, the government's chief informant, is motivated by a desire to avoid prison.

Almost three years after the bidding, and after a trial in which jurors were not allowed to consider the fact that the Obama administration invalidated the entire leasing process in which DeChristopher took part or that he did in fact raise the money needed to pay for his bids in full, Tim was convicted of two felonies, for which he is now serving two years in jail and issued a $ 10,000 fine, followed by three years of supervised probation.

The sagacity of juries is perhaps best captured by a bit of advice from a juror in a criminal trial whose comment is relevant to every litigator: «Make your point and move on — we are reasonably intelligent people and have been paying attention to the testimony.»

After the five days, jurors are paid $ 50 per day by the state, if employed full - time.

And looks like it's paid off, as shown by this endorsement from one juror, reported in this BusinessWeek article:

All jurors drawn to rule on a case collect arbitration fees (which are paid by the customer in Ether — the token used on the Ethereum blockchain).

That is the wrong message for jurors, and is barely offset by a sidewalk plaque paying tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr..