The word "juror" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to a member of a jury who is responsible for deciding the outcome of a trial. Example: Several jurors were dismissed from the trial due to their personal connections to the defendant.
It should be a battle of the Princesses as we see Cannes juror Nicole Kidman in Grace of Monaco go toe-to-toe with Naomi Watts in a film now, finally and officially, named Diana.
It's this lot of course, lead by head juror Jane Campion.
Mr d'Onofrio is seeking $10m in damages from the Material Girl and her film-director husband.Dennis KozlowskiIn 2004 the corruption trial for this former chairman of Tyco International ended in farce after a juror was seen giving a thumbs-up sign, so Mr Kozlowski faces a retrial.
("I don't like the news," explained one juror who managed to get through the selection procedure for the trial of Oliver North).In other countries, including Canada and Britain, criminal trials are conducted differently though it is difficult to say whether justice is served any better as a result.
A banner headline about a suspect in a British tabloid is far more likely to prejudice a potential juror than an article in foreign media.Patrick Tyler, the New York Times bureau chief in London, says he was not even aware of Britain's contempt of court rules.
This disclosure, said a juror, "didn't tip the balance, but it was an important part" of the evidence that was heard.Much of the trial featured mind-numbing recitations of phone and trading records.
But the length and complexity of cases that do come before juries, particularly those involving white-collar fraud, have led many to call for reform.In March, a multi-million-pound fraud trial over the construction of the Jubilee Line on London's underground was abandoned after nearly two years when a disgruntled juror walked out.
In the view of Peter Larmour, a specialist on the Pacific islands at the Australian National University in Canberra, corruption is better tackled by reducing institutional opportunities for it, rather than by dictatorial moral crusades from a strong-arm regime that sets itself up as detective, judge and juror.
But in today's Russia, the courage of Evgeny Kolesov, a middle-aged roofer who was picked as a juror in the trial, has become the best tribute to her life.Mr Kolesov was at home when he heard on the radio that he and 19 other jurors had asked the judge to conduct the trial behind closed doors.
After a string of titles such as "The Last Juror", "The Street Lawyer" and "The Firm", suspense has a new arena in "The Broker".
Most accept the call, and there is little chance to challenge a juror unless he actually knows the defendant.
