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12 Apr 2012, 10:41 am
Ken Broda-Bahm: While researching for a previous post, I was reading Professor Dru Stevenson's (2012) article in the George Mason Law Review, and I came across a jarring sentence asserting that "modern approaches to jury selection" focus on biases relating to factors "such as race and gender. [read post]
7 Mar 2010, 5:52 am
One also notes that this ridiculous sentence resulted from yet another blowhard prosecutor demanding to a jury that they send a message, arguing for a 99-year max sentence in the case for 4.6 ounces of marijuana (just over a quarter-pound) on the grounds that,"Every decision made by a jury sets a precedent. [read post]
14 Jun 2012, 10:44 am
In sentencing Stanford, U.S. [read post]
27 Jun 2007, 6:01 am
It is hard to take seriously the argument that it is too time-consuming to have juries involved in sentencing after reading press reports from Alabama about the on-going, week-long sentencing "trial" taking place before US District Court Judge Mark Fuller in the case of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman and former HealthSouth Chairman Richard Scrushy. [read post]
27 Oct 2010, 11:14 am
A jury convicted Christopher Bell of distributing more than five grams of cocaine base. [read post]
5 Mar 2019, 7:45 am
A jury could well conclude that the offense is relatively minor if only aware of the criminal sentence. [read post]
25 Jan 2020, 5:36 am
In a unanimous vote, the jury recommended death, which allowed the trial court to consider the death sentence under Florida Statute section 921.141. [read post]
28 Aug 2022, 5:29 pm
Nedelcu highlights a quirk that goes one surprising step further--under the federal sentencing guidelines, even enhancements that depend on a "conviction" do not require a conviction.A federal grand jury indicted Liviu-Sorin Nedelcu on one count of conspiracy to commit RICO under 18 U.S.C. [read post]
11 Sep 2007, 5:13 am
A high-profile terror sentencing took place yesterday in California. [read post]
19 Jun 2023, 12:31 pm
His sentencing is scheduled for September 14. [read post]
27 Mar 2008, 6:32 pm
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled he either has to get a new jury sentencing trial or his sentence will be life without parole, rather than death. [read post]
9 Jul 2012, 3:38 pm
Hood shooting suspect's lawyers question jury selection ? [read post]
1 Feb 2011, 11:42 am
He was sentenced to 15 years in prison backing 2008. [read post]
7 Sep 2018, 11:58 am
A jury failed to reach a verdict [jury note, PDF] Wednesday in the retrial of former Blackwater security guard Nicholas Slatten, ending weeks of deliberation in a mistrial. [read post]
16 Sep 2010, 7:25 am
Supreme Court, Lucero's lawyers contended that his death sentence was improper because a jury foreman read passages of the Bible to holdout jurors who subsequently voted to impose the death penalty.The Court of Criminal Appeals found the introduction of the Bible into the jury room to be "harmless error. [read post]
12 Mar 2015, 8:45 pm
Here is a statement issued by the local Maricopa County Attorney about the jury process in the Jodi Arias sentencing trial. [read post]
18 Nov 2021, 9:18 am
At sentencing, these three defendants will each face a mandatory minimum sentence of life in prison for murder in aid of racketeering, a maximum sentence of life in prison for the offenses of racketeering conspiracy and causing death through the use of a firearm, a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison for conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering, and a mandatory minimum consecutive sentence of 10 years imprisonment for the offense of using and… [read post]
4 Sep 2009, 8:14 am
A federal jury in the US District Court for the Western District of Kentucky [official website], which convicted [JURIST report] Green in May, failed to reach a [read post]
12 Aug 2021, 1:25 pm
A Wicomico County judge violated the due process right of a man convicted of assaulting an elderly woman by denying his request to have his mother testify and to prepare a mitigation report before sentencing, which occurred with the jury present at the judge’s request, Maryland’s top court unanimously ruled Wednesday. [read post]
11 Dec 2008, 4:59 pm
Bodiford did not inquire whether the majority favored a death sentence or life imprisonment. [read post]
