Sentence examples for jury composition from inspiring English sources

"Jury Composition: An Economic Approach," in Bernard H. Siegan, editor, The Interaction of Economics and the Law, Lexington Books, 1977.

He added that there are constitutional reasons for limits on jurisdiction: "The jury composition, control of a courthouse and a judge's deference to D.A.'s are different across counties".

Vern Pierson, the El Dorado district attorney, called the defense motion over the grand jury composition commonplace and said he did not expect it to cause a serious challenge to the prosecution or its case.

The probable impact of these differences is analysed by considering the importance of jury composition in determining a jury's verdict, the effectiveness of lawyers in exercising their challenges, and broader effects of jury selection procedures in the two countries.

Mr. Bright's litigation, teaching, and writing include capital punishment, legal representation for poor people accused of crimes, conditions and practices in prisons and jails, racial discrimination in the criminal justice system, jury composition, judicial independence, and sentencing.

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This jury's composition is very different from the one that convicted Mr. Nelson in 1997 of violating Mr. Rosenbaum's civil rights by stabbing him.

A three-judge appellate panel has now ruled that the verdict was rendered by a jury whose composition was improperly manipulated by the trial judge, David Trager of the United States District Court in Brooklyn.

When one of the 12 original jurors became ill and had to be replaced, Judge Trager set out to fashion a jury whose composition was more to his liking.

After the session ended today, defense lawyers expressed no dissatisfaction with the jury's racial composition.

"Jury Size and Composition: An Economic Approach," in Martin S. Feldstein and Robert P. Inman, editors, The Economics of Public Services, The Macmillan Press Ltd., London, 1977.