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21 Nov 2022, 8:01 am by David A. Black
Without comment, the United States Supreme Court refused to void an Arizona law that allows criminal defendants to be convicted and sentenced by juries of 8 people. [read post]
27 Nov 2006, 6:10 pm
So the Commonwealth's exhortation to the jury to recommend that Appellant be sentenced to the maximum allowable sentence is neither surprising nor improper. [read post]
26 Apr 2012, 1:07 pm by Steve Hall
And: Since 1997, federal juries in Atlanta have imposed two death sentences -- one against an inmate who killed a prison guard, the other against a man who raped and killed a nurse practitioner. [read post]
After a month-long trial, a Florida jury Thursday recommended that Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz be sentenced to life in prison without parole. [read post]
14 Oct 2014, 10:40 am by David Markus
And it is a particularly appealingcase, because not only did no jury convict these defendantsof the offense the sentencing judge thought them guilty of,but a jury acquitted them of that offense. [read post]
7 Aug 2007, 8:14 am
I mentioned here that a Texas jury could, when setting punishment, make a binding recommendation of probation in almost any case in which (a) the the sentence was ten years or less and (b) the accused had not been convicted of a felony or placed on felony probation before. [read post]
16 Mar 2012, 9:17 am by Thaddeus Hoffmeister
Chicago Tribune: Poll: Proactive jury instructions largely effective against social ... [read post]
5 Mar 2012, 10:59 am by Thaddeus Hoffmeister
Schlakman, Florida is an outlier insofar as allowing capital-case juries to find aggravating circumstances and recommend a death sentence by a simple majority, e.g., 7-5. [read post]
17 Mar 2011, 11:06 am
However, the sentencing judge still used alleged conduct by Ball, even alleged conduct for which the jury acquitted him, to sentence him. [read post]
5 Apr 2020, 2:00 pm by Pullan & Young
You can also have a jury sentencing hearing, but I’ll discuss that process in a separate post. [read post]
30 Sep 2008, 6:22 pm
The prosecution will be happy with some convictions after it looked like the jury would hang on everything yesterday, especially since the potential sentences on those counts are life.Food for thought -- should Judge Huck order a new trial on all counts because the jury may have been confused on the gun counts based on its previous note and because it appears that the jurors compromised after the Allen charge? [read post]
24 Jan 2009, 7:48 pm
Let's not be Guilty of Abandoning Jury System In Scotland, a jury consists of 15 people. [read post]
7 Apr 2011, 5:00 pm by Nathan Koppel
New York federal judge Nicholas Garaufis has sentenced a woman to indefinite jury duty after she allegedly made racist remarks on a juror questionnaire, UPI reports. [read post]
14 Nov 2012, 5:30 pm by Thaddeus Hoffmeister
Grand Junction Sentinel:'Crazy' Denver juror sentenced for lying to avoid jury duty You +1'd this publicly. [read post]
26 Jul 2011, 1:34 pm by Thaddeus Hoffmeister
Kiernan McGorty and Brian Bornstein Juror Race and Capital Sentencing by Bryan Edelman Jury Box: Post-It Replacement for Jury Consultants and Lawyers by Ted Brooks [read post]
14 Jul 2005, 6:10 am
Vermont hasn't executed a convict since 1954, and the last death sentence given in 1957 was later commuted. [read post]
6 Apr 2008, 1:00 am
My reluctance to embrace juries knowing about sentences stems from tradition, I guess. [read post]
3 Dec 2019, 4:39 pm by Benjamin Herbst
At least two of these counts carry mandatory minimum sentences of up to 10 years in prison. [read post]
17 Jan 2024, 9:02 am by Jay A. Fernandez
And the crime of which he was convicted — a remnant of the racist Rockefeller Drug Laws, which provided harsh sentences for drug offenses — is now classified as a misdemeanor. [read post]