Sentence examples for comment on jury from inspiring English sources

Through a spokesman, the district attorney, Charles J. Hynes, said prosecutors did not comment on jury verdicts.

In spite of the weak script, Bretaigne Windust has done the best with his batch of characters and has even projected some slight comment on jury duty out of a lot of cluttered gags.

After the verdict, Mr. Morgenthau released a statement saying: "It has been a longstanding practice of mine not to comment on jury verdicts, and I will maintain that policy in this case.

He declined to comment on the jury's actions.

McGinty's spokesman Joe Frolik said the prosecutor's office cannot comment on grand jury proceedings.

A spokesman for Mr. Hynes, Jerry Schmetterer, said, "We cannot comment on grand jury proceedings, which are secret".

Prosecutors in the case declined to comment on the jury's deadlock.

In Washington, President Bill Clinton said: 'Since there is another trial pending, I cannot comment on the jury's decision.

Mr. Zain and his lawyers refused to comment on the jury's inability to reach a decision.

Mr. Kendall and White House aides immediately seized on the comment as a violation of the stricture against any comment on grand jury matters.

The Brooklyn district attorney, Charles J. Hynes, made no comment on the jury's application of the hate crime law, but Christine C. Quinn, the first openly lesbian City Council speaker, said, "Today a Brooklyn jury sent a powerful message that hate crimes of any stripe have no place here in New York City".