Five Families of New York City: Prospective jurors don't want any ...

D.Brea

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:04:00 GM

That's the long and short of comments from the more than 300 men and women in the pool of . prospective jurors. for next week's murder/conspira​cy trial of John A. (Junior) Gotti, the son of the late mob boss John Gotti. ...

TechLaw: Googling Juror Prompts Court to Overturn Jury Verdict

Thomas O'Toole

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:11:33 GM

It also seems to me that attorneys should voir dire . prospective jurors. specifically about their online activities. The internet, Google, Facebook (this . juror. is on Facebook if you want to friend him) et al are the very first places ...

Jury Selection Part B

Bad Lawyer

ue, 22 Sep 2009 18:58:00 GM

A trial begins when the jury is seated--beginni​ng with the venire: the pool of . prospective jurors. and continuing with voir dire--he jury selection process. Voir dire is the trial attorneys only opportunity to talk to and hear back from ...

web savvy may have hurt prospective juror

unknown

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:00:00 GM

prospective jurors. have been known to make comments that raise eyebrows during voir dire -- the questioning of them by the prosecution and defense attorneys at the start of trial. a comment made last week, though, is one for the ...

ICBS Everywhere And the Team Player of the Year Award goes to

Barbara Drescher

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:22:11 GM

The lawyers asked each . prospective juror. this question, What's the one thing you'd make sure to teach your child? The answers most people gave were along the lines of, How to love, or, To be a good person. ...

Deliberations: "Jury Management For The 21st Century," New From ...

Anne Reed

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:16:24 GM

The "Managing Jury Selection Effectively" curriculum contains six, 60- or 90-minute modules: (1) "Obtaining Crucial Information from . Prospective Jurors. ," (2) "Ruling on For-Cause and Peremptory Challenges," (3) "Judge & Lawyer ...

American Renaissance News: Court to Settle Dispute Over All-White Jury

rnn

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:46:20 GM

Smith, who is black, was found guilty by an all-white jury. He said his constitutional right to a jury that represents the community was violated because there were only three blacks in the pool of 60 to 100 . prospective jurors. . ...

the death of death-qualification

Robert Smith

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:12:00 GM

whereas the framers' jury had the power to rule on the constitutionali​ty of the death penalty, though the force of any ruling applied only to the particular case on which they sat, a . prospective juror. today cannot even sit on a capital ...

A Progressive on the Prairie No hard and fast rule but juror's ...

Tim

hu, 17 Sep 2009 17:11:28 GM

A times, it seems as if not only is ignorance of the law not an excuse, it is however a requirement for being on a jury. What about all those . prospective jurors. who admit to watching Ophra or FoxNews on TV? ...

Supreme Court Upholds Lethal Injection - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine

(Jacob Sullum)

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:26:00 GM

Isn't it possible for a . prospective juror. to opine prior to trial that, if the accused is found guilty of the heinous acts he is charged with, the . juror. will automatically vote for the death penalty? Thus, this is NOT a presumption of ...

Jurors : Keep Your E-Fingers to Yourselves - Eric Sinrod - Technologist

Kevin Fayle

ue, 15 Sep 2009 16:29:41 GM

Furthemore, during jury selection in Alameda County, California a year ago, despite being admonished by the judge not to conduct outside research, a . prospective juror. admitted to your author, the defense trial attorney in the matter, ...

Kentucky Court Report - SCOKY & COAKY: CRIMINAL - juror strikes ...

Michael Stevens

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:40:53 GM

The Court held that the trial court did not err in refusing to strike for cause a . prospective juror. who had been a victim of sexual abuse. Based on the entirety of the . prospective juror's. responses, it could not be reasonably inferred ...

White Collar Crime Prof Blog: NACDL's 5th Annual Defending the ...

White Collar Crime Prof Blogger

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:55:47 GM

addressed the issue of a defense lawyer's desire to prevent or reverse bad publicity in the broad sense, as opposed to a more focused approach on learning all that is possible about the actual people who are . prospective jurors. . ...

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unknown

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:16:01 GM

here today and in order to have a jury of 12, you will have The. State has three strikes left, so the defendant will be accorded four additional challenges of the . prospective jurors. . All right? I mean that's my ruling. ...

MAKE MINE MYSTERY: Inside the Legal System by Christine Duncan

Christine Duncan

hu, 13 Aug 2009 11:47:00 GM

I knew that the . prospective juror. who declared he was having his own problems with one of the litigants (a company) would never make it to the jury. It was obvious that the company's lawyer wished that particular guy never made it out ...

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funny

ue, 06 Oct 2009 18:15:00 GM

A . prospective juror. in a Dallas District Court was surprised by the definition of voluntary manslaughter given the panel: "An intentional killing that occurs while the defendant is under the immediate influence of sudden passion arising ...

Connecticut Supreme Court Upholds Decision Sealing Grand Juror's ...

unknown

hu, 03 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GM

arguing that Eveleigh failed to consider alternatives to sealing that could limit the prejudicial impact of pretrial publicity, such as changing the location of a trial or vigorously interviewing . prospective jurors. . ...

Jury Selection in Shelby County, Tennessee: Moving from the Jury ...

unknown

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 03:47:17 GM

Peremptory challenges allow attorneys and prosecutors to eliminate . prospective jurors. from a case without any reason (though the prosecution or defense most assuredly do have their own reasons). If this occurs, a . juror. will be sent back ...

The Jury Box Blog: Baby Steps along the Freedom Trail

Edward P. Schwartz

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:16:00 GM

For instance, she asked each . juror. , "Do you believe that the presumption of innocence should apply equally to all races?" Obviously, no-one is going to answer "no" to such a question. There were several . prospective jurors. whose answers ...

Boyd atty talks about Davidson jury selection

unknown

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:02:55 GM

He says the court's done just about everything possible to find enough . jurors. who can set their opinions aside, which means quizzing about 300 . prospective jurors. one-on-one. "it's a good way for that . juror. to express their opinions ...