Sentence examples for the prejudicial effect from inspiring English sources

Questions could also be raised about the prejudicial effect of statements by military officials, and even by the commander in chief, President Obama, who spoke of the "murderous and craven acts" at the memorial service.

But when an "expert" like Leonard tells a jury with little knowledge of science or linguistics that the language in one sample is consistent with the language in another, the prejudicial effect far outweighs any probative value that the observation might have in identifying the murderer.

"The prejudicial effect on the jury was not overcome," it said, leading to a miscarriage of justice.

Reduced early commitment to apoptosis eliminated the prejudicial effects of the loss of cells to a 'dying fraction'.

In a hearing without the jury present, prosecutors and lawyers for Andersen argued about the relevance and possible prejudicial effect of telling the jury about employees who would not testify.

But Judge Mukasey decided against holding the developer in contempt because Mr. Silverstein's comments had not affected the jury and the finding could have a "highly prejudicial effect" on the trial.

"The pervasiveness of the coverage and its prejudicial effect to Mr. Baca receiving a fair trial by an impartial jury free from outside influence cannot be overstated," Hochman wrote.

But Senator Gormley said yesterday that the ruling left unanswered another question: whether Mr. Verniero's announcement of the misconduct charges -- and its possibly prejudicial effect on the grand jury hearing the shooting charges -- could have been avoided altogether by sealing the first indictment until the second panel had decided whether to return an indictment.

But were a poll to compare the responses of Ph.D.s and high-school dropouts to the same question, or were a poll to compare the responses of Ph.D.s ten years ago with the responses of Ph.D.s today, then, he believes, a meaningful result can be obtained: because the same question is used for the two separate groups, whatever prejudicial effect its wording might have will be cancelled out.

One issue that could loom large in the case is the risk that statements by those higher in the chain of command can have a prejudicial effect on members of the court-martial, a problem known as unlawful command influence.

The experience of film — and, in particular, of music in film — has probably had a prejudicial effect on the way people view live opera.