Several potential jurors at the federal securities fraud trial of Martin «Pharma Bro» Shkreli were excused after telling the judge they couldn't be impartial toward the flamboyant former pharmaceutical CEO because of his notoriety for raising the cost of a life - saving drug 5,000 percent.
Not exact matches
This tendency, known as hindsight bias, is very difficult to avoid;
several studies have shown that
potential jurors are unable to focus solely on the person's conduct and ignore the irrelevant information.
Funny that we take different lessons from court support Apparently,
several activist were passing out Jury Nullification pamphlets to
potential jurors early in the morning.
Several months ago, Weinstein had asked the court to pay for a jury consultant to help in phrasing questions for
potential jurors.
Proposed Rule 226a would change the mandatory instructions that trial judges would give to
potential jurors on a panel, and to the jury once selected, in
several ways.