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	Jury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The jurors hear the cases presented by both the defense and prosecution, and in some jurisdictions a summing-up from the judge.
		The most common exclusions are for people whose job in some way precludes them (for instance, teachers, doctors, firefighters, people who themselves work in the criminal justice system), are caring for young children, have an interest in the case, or who have health problems or serious criminal records.
		Selected jurors are generally subjected to a system of examination whereby both the prosecution (or plaintiff, in a civil case) and defense can object to a juror.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Juror (1916 words)

	Douglas County, Kansas - Juror FAQ's
		Jurors must be randomly selected and summoned to be able to serve on a jury.
		A juror may be excused from the panel if it is shown that the juror cannot act impartially concerning the case to be heard.
		As a juror, you will be responsible for impartially evaluating all the facts that are presented to you during the trial and, as the judge instructs, apply the law as it is written to the facts of the case.
	www.douglas-county.com /district_court/jurorfaqs.asp (2113 words)

	North Dakota Juror's Handbook
		Jurors must be at least 18 years old; U.S. citizens; North Dakota and county residents; able to read, speak and understand English reasonably well; physically and mentally able with reasonable accommodation to serve; and free from any loss of civil rights because of imprisonment for a felony.
		Examples might be a juror related to someone involved with the case, or who strongly believes that all shoplifters should be jailed for a year.
		In such a case, the juror can be challenged by one of the lawyers and the court will excuse him or her from the jury panel.
	www.ndcourts.com /court/juror.htm (2634 words)

	Handbook for Trial Jurors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Jurors should clearly understand that being eliminated from the jury panel by a peremptory challenge is no reflection upon their ability or integrity.
		Therefore, it is wise for jurors not to even attempt to make up their mind on the facts of a case until all the evidence has been presented to them, and they have been instructed on the law applicable to the case.
		Jurors must not talk about the case with others not on the jury, even their spouses or families and must not read about the case in the newspapers.
	www.nysd.uscourts.gov /jurybook.htm (3481 words)

	Handbook For Jurors
		During questioning, if a prospective juror indicates that he or she is not legally qualified to act as a juror in the particular case, the lawyer will then say, “I challenge the juror for cause.” If the judge is satisfied that the reason given for the challenge is sufficient, the juror will be excused.
		The term “actual bias” means the juror has a state of mind that would interfere with his or her ability to try the issue impartially and without prejudice to the substantial rights of a party.
		Where a juror has an opinion upon the merits of the case, perhaps from what he or she may have heard or read, that opinion will constitute “actual bias” only when all of the circumstances indicate that the juror cannot disregard his or her own opinion and try the issue impartially.
	www.osbar.org /public/jurorhandbook.htm (3649 words)

	American Jury Institute/Fully Informed Jury Association: Home
		Jurors must know that they have the option and the responsibility to render a verdict based on their conscience and on their sense of justice as well as on the merits of the law.
		The recognition of the authority and right of jurors to weigh the merits of the law and to render a verdict based on conscience, dates from before the writing of our Constitution, in cases such as those of William Penn and Peter Zenger.
		Jurors have no such stake in the outcome, and are, in fact, the only truly objective individuals in the courtroom.
	www.fija.org (829 words)

	The Michael Jackson Trial - Meet the Jurors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Juror 4: A former high school math teacher with two teenage children, the married 51-year-old says she is not influenced by Jackson's celebrity.
		Juror 6: A physical therapist's aide, the 22-year-old is a mother of two girls and not a fan of the pop star's music.
		Juror 17: The oldest juror at the age of 81, this retired librarian was honored by State Farm Insurance for having never received a traffic ticket.
	www.eonline.com /News/Specials/Jackson/Jurors (677 words)

	You The Juror!
		The four most stubborn jurors were placed in prison for nine weeks until Bushell filed a writ of habeas corpus, and the Court of Common Pleas ruled that jurors could no longer be punished for their verdicts.
		Jurors who reversed their vote convicted a man they had believed to be innocent.
		Jurors must also be alert for malicious practices by prosecutors anxious for a conviction.
	www.afn.org /~govern/Juror.html (1695 words)

	COURTTV.COM - TRIALS
		The juror, who has two young children, said he had very little knowledge of the case but thought it would be interesting to serve on the panel.
		The juror, who has two teen-aged sons, said she would not be swayed by the fact that a close friend's mother is a friend of Dorthy Moxley, Martha's mother.
		The juror, whose husband is an attorney at a prominent Manhattan law firm, uses a veterinarian on the defense's witness list but would not give his testimony greater or less weight than other witnesses.
	www.courttv.com /trials/moxley/jurors.html (611 words)

	Superior Court of D.C. - Special Operations Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Jurors' Office is responsible for the management of juror services for the Superior Court, including qualifying and processing over 300 persons daily for both petit and grand juries, responding to judges' requests for jury panels and escorting jurors to courtrooms.
		If a juror is selected to sit on a trial on his or her first day of service, the juror serves until the trial is completed.
		If jurors do not pick up their fees by the end of the business week, a check (accompanied by a certificate of service) for that week's service is mailed to the juror's home.
	www.dccourts.gov /dccourts/superior/special_ops/jurors.jsp (1692 words)

	CNN.com - Jury foreman dismissed in Peterson case - Nov 10, 2004
		A doctor and a lawyer, Jackson is the third juror to be dismissed in the case.
		Jurors are supposed to consider only the information they hear presented in court.
		Jurors have the option of convicting him on the lesser charge of second-degree murder if they decide the slaying was not premeditated.
	www.cnn.com /2004/LAW/11/10/peterson.trial (1011 words)

	Juror Information
		The automated phone system is accessed by touch-tone phone or voice recognition and jurors may use the badge number printed on their summons to check their specific service status or to postpone their service to a more convenient date.
		For jurors that have a handicapped placard displayed on their vehicle, the closest parking to the Courthouse is located on surface streets: Fresno or Tulare Street between "M" and Van Ness Avenue.
		Prospective jurors who are assigned to the outlying courts should refer to the map on the reverse side of their summons.
	www.fresnosuperiorcourt.org /jury/juror_info (1282 words)

	Jury Tips (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Knowing that jurors are in the courthouse and ready to render a verdict often encourages parties to enter a plea or resolve a case without going to trial.
		Voir dire (the process of selecting a jury) is designed to examine a large number of potential jurors and then to select a smaller number to serve on a trial.
		All jurors names are selected at random by computer from a combined list of registered voters and licensed drivers.
	www.courts.state.mn.us /districts/fifth/Juror_Tips.htm (297 words)

	Jury Duty - Frequently Asked Questions - US District Court, Southern District of New York (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Juror Qualification Questionnaires are sent to people randomly selected from the voter rolls (these are not to be confused with the update cards found at the back of the Summons to Jury Duty).
		While jurors from Westchester, Rockland and Putnam Counties may be summoned to either New York City or White Plains, the majority of jurors are randomly selected for jury service in New York City.
		Jurors are welcome to bring an escort to the New York City courthouse where a large waiting room is available.
	www.nysd.uscourts.gov /juryfaqs.htm (1487 words)

	Juror caught on tape talking to Laci Peterson's brother - Courttv.com - Trials
		The footage was shot as part of the daily pool video of the arrivals of lawyers, witnesses, and the families of Peterson and his wife.
		The juror, a white man in his 20s on disability from his job at an airport, appeared relaxed as he waited in the jury box for court to resume.
		During the first three weeks of the trial, he has stood out from other jurors for not taking notes on testimony and acknowledging the parties in court with a quick smile or nod of his head as he crosses the well of the court.
	www.courttv.com /trials/peterson/061704_ctv.html (569 words)

	Review: The Juror (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Juror starts in a courtroom in the United States and finishes with a chase through a ruined temple in Guatemala.
		Add The Juror to an already overpopulated category that includes The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, Unlawful Entry, Pacific Heights, Single White Female, The Tie that Binds, and Eye for an Eye.
		To differentiate this movie from the earlier one, The Juror (based on the best-selling novel by George Dawes Green) has expanded beyond the trial, resulting in an increasingly-ridiculous series of plot twists that climax in a crumbling temple deep in the heart of a Guatemalan jungle.
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/j/juror.html (641 words)

	Judge removes juror from Scott Peterson's murder trial - Courttv.com - Trials
		The dismissed juror showed little emotion during the five months of testimony, but in jury selection last spring, she said she had followed the high-profile case "moderately" and felt nothing reported in the media explained why the Modesto fertilizer salesman would kill his pregnant wife and unborn son.
		The jurors must decide whether Peterson is guilty of first- or second-degree murder in the deaths of his wife and son, or if he should be acquitted altogether.
		In particular, Bremner noted, jurors often have a strong desire to visit the scene of the crime and have to be specifically warned against it.
	www.courttv.com /trials/peterson/110904_pm_ctv.html (1144 words)

	law.com - Flip-Flopping Juror Gives Med-Mal Win to Obstetrician
		And that was before Blank learned he'd won the case, only to see a juror shake his head and tell the judge, "No, your honor," when asked if he agreed with the verdict.
		Bessen's mouth turned down for a moment, and then she began asking each juror whether the verdict announced by the foreman was his or her decision in the jury room and, voluntarily, in the courtroom.
		The seventh juror called was a short, stocky, African-American man, sporting a fl sweatshirt, a handlebar moustache and a tattoo of a skull and crossbones on his left arm.
	www.law.com /jsp/article.jsp?id=1110378610116 (1041 words)

	Dozing juror fails to bring new trial - The Honolulu Advertiser
		Chief Justice Ronald Moon, who wrote the majority decision, said the juror breached his duty of paying attention and was guilty of juror misconduct, but not all misconduct by a juror should result in a mistrial.
		The majority opinion said it agreed with the prosecution that the misconduct was "harmless beyond a reasonable doubt." The prosecution had contended the juror did not sleep during testimony and the judge's instructions on the law and what the juror missed was not significant.
		He said the majority was essentially substituting its judgment for that of the trial judge who heard the entire case, questioned and evaluated the juror and concluded that the defendant was entitled to a new trial.
	www.honoluluadvertiser.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051022/NEWS20/510220340/1170/NEWS (338 words)

	Juror's Manual
		A juror who is related to or acquainted with any of the parties, or who has unfinished business with any of the lawyers, or who knows or has heard so much about the case that he or she has already formed an opinion about it, will probably be challenged for cause and be excused.
		When they do, each juror should not only express his or her opinion but also the reasons upon which it is based.
		Each juror must feel free to say whatever he or she thinks about the testimony and evidence, or the witnesses, or the lawyers' statements and arguments, without fear that any of it will be repeated outside the jury room.
	courts.co.calhoun.mi.us /book009.htm (3144 words)

	Failure To Appear
		As a result of the limited term jurors are expected to serve, the Office of Jury Commissioner (OJC) was required to increase the number of jurors summonsed from within each judicial district in order to meet the needs of the juror requirements of each courthouse.
		The juror has 30 days from the letter's issuance to explain his/her absence and reschedule another appearance date, or provide evidence in support of a request for disqualification from juror service, as they were instructed to do when they were summonsed.
		If the juror appears in response to the summons, the court will usually: (1) accept evidence of disqualification; (2) allow the juror to serve and present evidence of completion of service within a specific time, or; (3) accept a plea of not guilty and schedule the case for a pretrial conference.
	www.mass.gov /courts/jury/failure.htm (733 words)

	ABC News: Blake Juror Promoting Six-Song Recording (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Actor Robert Blake is shown in this 1977 file photo in a scene from the ABC television series "Baretta." Blake, who was acquitted Wednesday, March 16, 2005, on murder charges in the death of his wife, is seeking work.
		LOS ANGELES Mar 19, 2005 — A juror who helped acquit actor Robert Blake of killing his wife is promoting a six-song recording he produced during Blake's trial.
		The album's title track looks at what Blake might have been thinking as he waited for jurors to reach their verdict.
	abcnews.go.com /Entertainment/wireStory?id=596437 (308 words)

	THE PEOPLE &C., RESPONDENT, v. KENNETH PAGE, APPELLANT.
		Substitution of the alternate juror in the first instance was prohibited by CPL 270.35 and the State Constitution absent written, signed consent by the defendant.
		Defendant's motion was denied by Supreme Court, which held that substitution of the ailing juror without a written waiver did not invalidate the conviction because defendant insisted upon replacing the ill juror, and, after being questioned in open court, agreed to seating the alternate.
		Despite the requirement in the Criminal Procedure Law of written consent by a defendant to the substitution of an already sworn juror after deliberation has commenced, on this record, there was an implicit waiver by defendant of his constitutional right requiring that he sign a statement consenting to the seating of the alternate juror.
	www.law.cornell.edu /ny/ctap/I96_0068.htm (3989 words)

	All-Reviews.com Movie/Video Review: The Juror
		THE JUROR is the movie that proves when you put two people of that calibur next to one another trying to pull off serious acting, the result will be mostly laughable.
		He reveals that he "picked" her to convert the other jurors to a not guilty verdit because of her magic gift of debate and persuasion...
		The first hour of THE JUROR is divided between Demi being inexplicably bitchy to her kid and slutty best friend and shots of Baldwin listening in on and taking pictures of her.
	www.all-reviews.com /videos-2/juror-2.htm (470 words)

	THE JURY ON TRIAL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Jurors not only have the duty to decide guilt or innocence, but also the "equity", or "inequity", of the law for which the defendant is accused.
		Do not be intimidated by the other jurors, but at the same time respect the fact that they also may, in good conscience, disagree with your view point.
		The courts have ruled that jurors have the right to decide law but they do not have to be told they have that right.
	www.sumeria.net /politics/ontrial.html (1255 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Books: The Last Juror (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Like many of John Grisham's better books, The Last Juror is at its best when evoking the past--Mississippi in the early 1970s--and less effective when constructing the bait-and-switch plotting with which he makes a pointed argument about the law.
		When Danny Padgitt (one of a family of bootleggers that is effectively a large criminal conspiracy) is convicted of rape and murder, the jury cannot agree on the death penalty--and life sentences in this time and place are liable to be as little as nine years.
		Padgitt threatens the jury and when, once he is out, the jurors who heard his case start being executed, conclusions are there to be jumped to...
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0099457156 (1253 words)

	Useful information for the prospective juror (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This web site provides the prospective juror with a "preview of coming attractions" as it were, with respect to his/her participation in the trial process.
		They certainly don't provide a sound basis for a prospective juror to rely upon to be able to serve as a knowledgeable participant in a real trial.
		Juror Handbook: Copy of a handbook written to acquaint trial jurors with the general nature and importance of their role as jurors.
	members.tripod.com /~jctMac/index.html (419 words)

	New London Superior Court Juror Accommodations
		Juror stickers will be distributed to you upon arrival.
		Jurors must avoid all other areas of the courthouse including courtrooms and juror waiting rooms unless you are assigned to them.
		Jurors receiving credit for serving will be mailed a Certificate of Recognition of Juror Service.
	www.jud.state.ct.us /faq/accom/newlondon.htm (321 words)

	Welcome to the Juror Virtual Walkthrough
		Juror - Explaining the responsibility of the juror
		A high accessibility (text) version of the site is also available if you find it difficult to read or if your computer is not of the required specification.
		Juror Online will take about 15 minutes on a normal modem connection - though this obviously depends on how long you want to spend on each stage.
	www.cjsonline.gov.uk /juror/walkthrough (228 words)

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