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7 Apr 2011, 11:38 am
From my home turf of Brooklyn, we have this stunning account of a woman's racist comments on jury duty. [read post]
10 Feb 2011, 6:45 pm
In sum, Bill 332 requires judges in criminal trials to: (1) inform jurors that they may vote their conscience to acquit an accused in spite of technical guilt; (2) provide jurors statutes and constitutions; and (3) inform jurors about relevant sentences and sentencing ranges. [read post]
12 Apr 2018, 9:30 am
Additional Resources: Far fewer Florida killers are sentenced to die after courts require unanimous juries, April 12, 2018, By Laura C. [read post]
13 May 2010, 6:10 am
This process is especially intriguing because individual juries do not, of course, have any training in how to deliberate and reach unanimity, and yet they are strikingly similar from case-to-case in how they convert holdouts to the majority position (the striking differences are between the dynamics of juries that reach a verdict of death and those that return a sentence of life without parole). [read post]
28 Dec 2021, 11:11 am
Constitution for a state to have a law that mandates a juvenile offender (even one convicted of murder) be sentenced to life without parole without giving the offender a chance to show the jury or judge that they should not have to spend the rest of their life in prison. [read post]
25 Feb 2011, 1:24 pm
As recently as last year, a New Castle County Superior Court judge imposed a life sentence on a man convicted in a double homicide although a jury voted 7-5 for his death. [read post]
20 Feb 2019, 7:35 am
In the subject case, the court found that a review of the trial court’s remarks during the sentencing hearing in light of the jury instructions showed that the trial court relied on conduct for which the defendant had been acquitted in determining his sentence. [read post]
21 May 2016, 2:32 pm
, the jury provides the recommended sentence to the judge. [read post]
11 May 2009, 3:06 pm
On Thursday, the jury convicted Green of death eligible offenses. [read post]
7 Nov 2011, 8:09 am
Stewart was the foreman of the jury that convicted Skinner and sentenced him to death. [read post]
7 Dec 2005, 8:14 am
Guzek [Duke Law case backgrounder; merit briefs], the Court considered whether juries can weigh any doubts they have about a defendant's guilt in deciding whether to impose the death sentence. [read post]
4 Dec 2009, 7:59 pm
Knox was sentenced to 26 years in prison and Sollecito was sentenced to 25 years. [read post]
1 Nov 2009, 9:46 am
In Massachusetts, convicted sex offenders who complete their sentences get to choose whether a judge or jury will determine if they suffer from a mental abnormality that makes them a likely risk to reoffend. [read post]
2 Feb 2010, 8:26 am
But this time, with his previous sentence voided by an appellate court, he was ordered to serve life in prison. [read post]
5 Nov 2007, 6:49 am
Griffin, in Ohio in 2004, "concluded that, in light of constitutional reasons unique to Ohio, and statutory language similar to Hawaii's requiring a court, not a jury, find aggravating factors for an extended sentence, the trial court ‘patently and unambiguously lacks jurisdiction to hold a jury sentencing hearing' and granting a writ of prohibition. [read post]
14 Jan 2018, 8:20 am
That then leaves the sentencing judge with no sense of the jury’s view of the actual jail time that should be imposed. [read post]
30 Jun 2021, 1:29 pm
Defendants are being sentenced to life without parole under Section 21.02. [read post]
5 Nov 2004, 4:05 am
[JURIST] The Washington state Supreme Court has overturned a death sentence, ruling that the jury may have been prejudiced by the sight of ankle shackles on the defendant, Cecil E. [read post]
23 Mar 2015, 12:00 am
After the jury left the room, the judge asked about a sentencing date. [read post]
13 Jul 2010, 2:56 pm
Prior to the sentencing hearing, a pre-sentence investigation report will be created for the sentencing hearing so that the judge and jurors will have a background report to determine whether the death penalty is appropriate. [read post]
