Sentences with phrase «sets of jurors»

Your god as you describe it plainly would be an ASS HOLE, for threatening eternal torture for «sins» of a short mortal lifetime, and would be convicted of human rights abuse by any reasonable set of jurors.

Factors that are beyond our control — such as an opponent's unique motivations, the performance of witnesses at trial, and a particular set of jurors — have a greater role in how a particular case will ultimately play out.

Not exact matches

I» m sure that Gillibrand — a big tobacco lawyer that never actually set foot in a courtroom (except as a spectator or a juror) is PETRIFIED of debating a master trial lawyer like Mrs. Long.

An Accra High Court has set 16 May 2017 for selection of jurors for the trial of Daniel Asiedu and Vincent Bossu, accused of murdering Abuakwa North MP JB Danquah - Adu.

Hundreds of potential jurors came to the courthouse Wednesday to fill out questionnaires, the first step toward selection of a jury for a trial set to start March 12.

«I believe he was guilty of taking bribes in exchange for setting up the meetings with the county chairs,» said the juror, a 26 - year - old man from Duchess County who was dismissed because he could no longer serve on the lengthy trial.

Meanwhile, an Accra High Court has set 16 May 2017 for selection of jurors for the trial of Daniel Asiedu and Vincent Bossu, accused of murdering Abuakwa North MP JB Dankwa - Adu.

Lawyers for former NYPD Officer Peter Liang filed a bombshell motion Tuesday, seeking to set aside the ex-cop's guilty verdict in the fatal shooting of unarmed Akai Gurley, claiming one of the jurors who convicted him of manslaughter should not have been on the panel.

She is expected to continue the reading of the instructions Thursday morning before jurors are set to begin deliberating.

He said the two separate trials will also result in less confusion among jurors in the sweeping set of charges.

The hotly contested trial included heavy blows to the credibility of star government witness Todd Howe, the ex-lobbyist who said he set up the bribes, and defense efforts to convince jurors that neither the energy scheme or the Syracuse payments involved a corrupt quid - pro-quo agreement.

(As LAFF ended, jurors awarded it the Best Performances in a Narrative Film prize, for a fine set of performances by Wendell Pierce, Aja Naomi King, EJ Bonilla and Emory Cohen.)

After an initial review round by over 300 judges, the nearly 600 entries for the 2018 IGF Awards were distributed to a diverse set of expert jurors from across the industry for final consideration.

There were nearly 600 entries for this year's awards, IGF revealed, that «were distributed to a diverse set of expert jurors from across the industry for final consideration.»

The MFA Now 2013 Archive, is an inclusionary publication of all eligible MFA candidates, set to be released in February 2013 with a full page dedicated to each contributing MFA candidate and a compilation of essays by Juror, Brian Karl, faculty from each MFA program, and Root Division staff.

The Blog of the Legal Times» Marcia Coyle reports in this post that the Committee on Court Administration and Case Management has endorsed a set of model jury instructions for district judges to help deter jurors from engaging in such mischief.

Mark Ianicelli, 56, set up a table outside of Lindsay - Flanigan Courthouse in Denver in order to educate jurors about jury nullification.

In light of this brief summary, and paraphrasing Justice Fish's point from Krieger, one could perhaps say that jurors have the responsibility as a matter of right to assess evidence and apply the law as set out by the trial judge, but also enjoy the power to refuse to apply the law «when their consciences permit of no other course».

Rather, we ask jurors to assess the evidence in light of the law set out by the trial judge.

These statements are seriously problematic because, as you also state, ethical behaviour of the jury «requires the juror to impartially and fairly assess the evidence respecting the law as set out by the trial judge».

If jurors only had the official responsibility set out by the trial judge in Stanley, their ethical duties would be straightforward, and very similar to those of a judge — to be impartial, diligent, principled, respectful of equality, and fair in their assessment of the evidence in light of the law set out by the trial judge.

A committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States has endorsed a set of model jury instructions for district judges to help deter jurors from using cell phones, computers or other electronic technologies during their jury service.

This landmark case firmly grounded in English common law rights that were carried overseas by the colonists, including freedoms of religion, speech, and assembly, as well as the fundamental right of jurors to render a general verdict based on conscience, including setting aside the law when a just verdict requires it.

As a result of that work there is now a formal set of instructions that are available to judges to use to educate jurors about patent law as it pertains to infringement.

Too often, when a case involves complicated technical issues, the jurors» attention will wander, and even an excellent set of witnesses or a brilliant closing argument will not win the case, because the jurors just haven't been focusing all along.

37 It cited Wikipedia itself as to how it is «openly editable,» as well as a number of federal court decisions «troubled by Wikipedia's lack of reliability» and ultimately concluded the government could not show there was «no reasonable possibility» that the jury's verdict was not impacted by the internet research.38 At least one federal court has followed Lawson to set aside another jury verdict based on a juror's research on the IRS website, which, although equally beyond the scope of the evidence at trial, is undoubtedly more reliable than a website like Wikipedia.39

In every jury trial, both the Crown prosecutor and the defence can automatically reject a set number of potential jurors through what are known as peremptory challenges.

The test that the judge applies when deciding if a defendant is unfit to plead remains that set down in the 1836 case of Pritchard [7] Following the case of Davies [8], this was generally understood to require a defendant to be able to: plead to the indictment, understand the course of proceedings, instruct a lawyer, challenge a juror and understand the evidence.

The charters — developed following consultation with stakeholders and court users — set a consistent standard across all crown, county and magistrates» courts, the Probate Service and the Royal Courts of Justice of what people can expect when attending as a claimant, juror, victim, witness, defendant or member of the public.