Sentences with phrase «sat on the jury of»

In 1958, Marcel Duchamp and Vincent Price sat on the jury of award.

Not exact matches

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.

Reading First Things may disqualify you from sitting on a jury, at least if a lawyer decides that such reading shows that you are too involved in the practice of your religion.

To me, it means that while the death penalty as one of God's ordinances was / is still to be issued, it was / is not to be carried out... which is why I can not sit on a capital jury.

An Albany County grand jury indicted two Republican state senators — one sitting (Rob Ortt) and one retired (George Maziarz)-- on felony election law violations, as part of Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's probe of election law fraud in Niagara County.

The P.B.A., frustrated by a lack of progress on labor talks and a perceived lack of support from City Hall when protests broke out following a grand jury's decision not to indict any police officers for the death of Eric Garner, lashed out at the mayor in December after two officers were shot and killed while sitting in their patrol car.

Mr. Espada sat expressionless, hands resting on the table in front of him, as the jury forewoman read the verdict in United States District Court in Brooklyn.

A new study from Texas A&M suggests that using a standing desk could increase workplace productivity by 46 percent, but the jury's still out on standing vs. sitting in terms of health benefits.

Two passengers sitting across the aisle from each other on a flight — one a catwalk model, the other a music critic — start idly chatting, and a coincidence emerges: The critic, while serving on a conservatory jury, had ruined the musical career of the model's ex-boyfriend, a man named Gabriel Pasternak.

Ben Keenan In Ireland today, women can order a pint in a pub, sit on a jury, keep a government job if she gets married, buy contraceptives and demand equal pay — none of which was legally permitted by the...

It has been announced that James McAvoy will sit on the main jury at this year's BFI London Film Festival, and that his latest film The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, will also been screening as part of its UK premiere:

- Press: Artist Chris Smith Talking Shop, by ChicagoArts - MartinJon Garcia, Published on March 21, 2013 - Juror: Governors State University -2012 Illinois Community College Juried Exhibition, January 27 - March 2012 - Review: Chris D. Smith's «Unspoken Language», Review by Zachary Johnson on The Chicago Arts Archive - Sixty Inches From Center - Interview: Sitting Down With Chris Smith, Zachary Johnson, Sixty Inches From Center, Mar 31, 2011 - Lecturer for Paul Klein, KLEIN ARTIST WORKS at Linda Warren Gallery, November 22, 2010 - Lecturer for Loretta Bourque from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago at Linda Warren Gallery, 2009

Curtis said that the jury had been drawn to the way the works sit on the «threshold of the traditional and the non-traditional».

She has written widely on contemporary architecture and design, has been invited to sit on a number of international juries, and is a regular speaker at events, symposia, and conferences.

Benno Tempel, director of the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague, said that he felt it was acceptable for museum directors to sit on juries and boards, but «if there's money involved, that money should go to the institution.»

Worsdale is sitting on the 2011 jury with Katrina Brown (Director at The Common Guild, Glasgow), Vasif Kortun (Platform Garanti, Istanbul), Nadia Schneider (Freelance Curator) and Penelope Curtis (Director at Tate Britain), creating one of the most international juries in the history of the prize.

Then the witnesses will start backpedalling and adding qualifications as soon as the jurors start asking them questions (there is no attorney present to object, though the witness can take a time out to consult counsel outside the hearing of the jurors); there will be 18 - 24 of them: independent businessmen, committed church - goers, accountants, etc — the federal grand jury that I sat on had a member of the technical staff of an international pharmaceutical corporation.

Lord Bingham maintained that while Parliament could not have intended that CPS lawyers should sit as jurors on cases brought by their own authority (even though Parliament chose not to state this expressly) there would be no objection to their sitting on cases prosecuted by other agencies — leaving CPS lawyers in the seemingly unique position of being theoretically eligible for jury service but in practice barred from sitting on the vast majority of cases brought in England and Wales, which is hardly a satisfactory state of affairs.

On appeal from the conviction entered on June 14, 2010 and the sentence imposed on July 28, 2010 by Justice Brian Muir Scully of the Ontario Court of Justice (Youth Court), sitting without a jurOn appeal from the conviction entered on June 14, 2010 and the sentence imposed on July 28, 2010 by Justice Brian Muir Scully of the Ontario Court of Justice (Youth Court), sitting without a juron June 14, 2010 and the sentence imposed on July 28, 2010 by Justice Brian Muir Scully of the Ontario Court of Justice (Youth Court), sitting without a juron July 28, 2010 by Justice Brian Muir Scully of the Ontario Court of Justice (Youth Court), sitting without a jury.

Walk into any courtroom today, critics venture, and it will look stunningly similar to those of the past; the judge will be sitting behind the bench, the jury in its box, and the witness on the stand.

Reasons included (1) judges «grade on a curve» and, after sitting through 20 cases involving violent crimes, might not find a more minor crime as serious whereas a jury would not share this context; (2) defendants will select those judges who they believe will be more inclined to acquit; (3) judges are bound by fixed sentencing rules so rather than sentence a defendant of a nonserious crime to a lengthy term they avoid that dilemma through acquittal; (4) judges might better understand the complex elements of certain corporate crimes and, unlike a jury, would recognize when the prosecution failed to carry its burden and (5) some judges may just have something against prosecutors.

In the UK, the jury can not directly ask questions (to the witness, to either side's legal team) but can ask the clerk of the court to pass a note to the Judge (indeed, when I sat on a jury a couple of year ago, we were positively encouraged to do this).

Such research is based on fair representation of the case and of the kinds of people who sit on real juries.

California Civil Jury Instructions summarizes the law explaining to juror who may sit on a personal injury trial that while both pedestrians and drivers must be aware that motor vehicles can cause serious injuries, drivers of motor vehicles must use more care than pedestrians.

If you were sitting on a jury involving an ICBC injury claim, and the plaintiff's lawyer told you that the Defendant fell asleep at the wheel and «must pay for breaching the rules of the road» would your judgment be compromised?

Professor Coyle also reminded the jury — who had sat through months of evidence on technical, administrative, and bureaucratic details — that the real issue at hand was the life and tragic death of a frightened young woman, human and vulnerable.»

For instance, a juror who reveals during voir dire that she is the sister of the plaintiff in a personal injury case may be struck «for cause» if the law or court rules prohibit blood relatives of the parties from sitting on juries that hear their cases.

Provides regardless where a court temporarily sits, the court would continue to preside on behalf of its original jurisdiction (i.e. judicial department, judicial district, county, city, etc.) and the same substantive and procedural laws (e.g. governing venue, jury selection, papers and appeals) would apply as if the court were not relocated.

With strong roots in the counties south of Chicago and through their philanthropic efforts in the local communities, lawyers at Spesia & Taylor are often known by the people sitting on local juries who assess the credibility of the attorneys and parties to a case.

jury pool: A group of people from lists of registered voters, licensed drivers, state and local taxpayers, people receiving public assistance or unemployment benefits who can then be picked to sit on a jury.

It takes between one and four years on average from the date an injury lawsuit is filed in New York to the date of trial — when six people you never knew, people who never wanted to know you, people who likely resent having been chosen for your jury, will sit for days or weeks... Continue Reading

That it shall be competent to parties to complain against verdicts of juries, that the same were given contrary to evidence, or by misdirection of the judge sitting as Ordinary, or on the circuit, or presiding in the chambers.»

TORONTO SITTINGS PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT * The Superior Court of Justice, Toronto Region has decided to continue the Toronto Jury sittings project on a permanent basis for all Motor vehicle / personal injury jury actions (excluding medical malpractice) that are 2 - 3 weeks (6 - 15 days) in lenJury sittings project on a permanent basis for all Motor vehicle / personal injury jury actions (excluding medical malpractice) that are 2 - 3 weeks (6 - 15 days) in lenjury actions (excluding medical malpractice) that are 2 - 3 weeks (6 - 15 days) in length.

Where trial justices have reviewed a petition to enforce an arbitration award and issued findings, the supreme court stated «the findings of a trial justice sitting without a jury are entitled to great weight and will not be disturbed on appeal unless it can be shown that such findings are clearly wrong or that the trial justice misconceived or overlooked material evidence.»