In general, the jury is directed that "intent" is to be taken as meaning what it does in ordinary life, and that the judge should not attempt to define it in other terms.
They relied on vodka for sterilization, substituted local numbing for general anesthesia, jury-rigged tourniquets from rubber gloves.
Cutting against the general complaints about jury duty, suddenly the proposed expansion of jury service to non-citizens became a call to action.
The case was investigated by the state attorney general after a jury last year acquitted one of the nurses of charges that she had misused official information by providing patient case numbers to the Texas Medical Board.
Later, Mr. Domingo, as the prosecuting lawyer, sings a song based on an actual statement made by the Attorney General to the jury: "Is justice in this case going to be bought and sold in Alabama with Jew money from New York?" "The biggest question I had was how 'Jew money' would land in New York," Mr. Domingo said.
Andrew Caldecott QC, representing the attorney general, said the jury could have got the impression from the article that the newspaper's owner, Rupert Murdoch, or his senior staff had either directed or known about phone hacking and had a "hidden agenda" at the trial.
The general opinion about jury duty seems to be that, for a desirable pastime, it's right up there with recreational dentistry.
In 2000, a Florida jury acquitted General Vides and General García of civil charges in the churchwomen's killings.
Based upon a series of simulation experiments, those authors have made a general claim that juries are incapable of making coherent judgments about punitive damages.
It includes public debates, discussions by experts, conferences, general assemblies, citizens' juries, media coverage, polls, etc. (in the area of health, cf. Boyco et al).
