jury

To be announced at noon, EST.

Moussaoui jury has reached a verdict which will be read at 4:30ET. It's death, since his realistic choices were a finding of death or a hung jury.

I heard about this on NPR and here is one news story I was abloe to find, is it constitutional to restrict a defendant's access to grad jury testimony. The problem is that gangs are using the transcripts to scare and kill witnesses...

And even made it a punishable duty if you refused duty! If this used to be communist Russia, I could see it. Just because one is born in some country (you have to be born SOMEwhere you know)..why should you be endutied to that country? In OUR country we pretty much operate on a principle of "I...

According to instruction given by US judges, the jury is only responsible for determing the guilt or innocent of the defendant according to the law. The jury is not supposed to consider whether the law is constitutional or just. The jury is also not supposed to be involved in or consider the...

I have recently come across three documents that address a common theme. The first is a commentary by Paul Krugman in the New York Times (reg. req'd, available for a limited time): The second is a commentary by Shadia Drury in the current issue of Free Inquiry (not currently viewable on the...

In another thread the issue of juries came up with regard to self-defense. I'm curious about where juries are used around the world. I've heard that juries have fallen out of favor in the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, Canada and that most of the common law countries no longer use grand juries...

I'm sure we've all heard of the right of jury nullification. What crimes would you nullify or consider nullifying?

Jury acquits pastor: Preacher found not guilty on all counts in fatal Big Lake church shootings. http://www.adn.com/front/story/4267614p-4278352c.html (may require registration) A preacher with a 44 mag, Satan, meth head burglars, lots of praying - but not by the preacher. Could this have...