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NEWS ABOUT: jury selection

jury selection stories: 14 news summaries

 Jurors Dodge Duty 
 Amid Financial Fears 

Citizens point to recession, unemployment in bid for dismissal

Sep 2, 09 10:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jury duty has always been a pain, but the tough economy is prompting more and more Americans to ditch their civic responsibility, the New York Times reports. While exact figures aren’t available, officials report that jurors increasingly cite financial worries in bids to get out of duty. “I... More »

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recession • unemployment • jury • jury duty • juror • jury selection

'Rockefeller' Trial Sparks Identity Crisis

Defendant's name(s) at issue as jury readies for kidnapping case

May 27, 09 10:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Boston court saw the selection yesterday of 11 of the 16 jurors needed to begin the trial of Clark Rockefeller. Or of Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter. Or of "the defendant," as the judge calls him. The mystery man is on trial for kidnapping his daughter, and because he's... More »

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Boston • kidnapping • trial • jury selection • Clark Rockefeller • alias • Reigh Boss • Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter • Snooks • defendant

 'Rockefeller' Jury 
 Selection Begins 

Gerhartsreiter to be called only 'the defendant' at trial

May 26, 09 12:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jury selection has started in the kidnapping trial of a German man long called Clark Rockefeller, the Boston Herald reports. But he won’t be going by that name in the trial—in fact, most won’t call him anything but “the defendant.” He was indicted as Christian... More »

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Boston • kidnapping • trial • jury selection • Clark Rockefeller • alias • Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter

 Astor Trial Crawls 
 as Lawyers Squabble 

Would-be jurors plan for 3-month commitment

Apr 6, 09 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the second week of jury selection in the Brooke Astor trial began today, with potential jurors being asked if they can sit still for a 3-month trial, the judge upbraided the lawyers for bickering and grandstanding as if they never wanted it to end, the New York Times reports.... More »

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fraud • crime • trial • will • Brooke Astor • juror • Anthony Marshall • jury selection

Supreme Court Won't Hear Mumia's Appeal

Abu-Jamal says was convicted by biased jury in 1981 cop death

Apr 6, 09 10:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mumia Abu-Jamal has lost his bid for a new trial in the 1981 killing of a police officer, the AP reports. The Supreme Court said today it won’t take up Abu-Jamal's claims that prosecutors improperly excluded blacks from the jury that convicted him of murdering a Philadelphia policeman. The... More »

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race • police • appeal • conviction • bias • US Supreme Court • jury selection • Mumia Abu-Jamal

Astor Case
Jury Selection
a Quiz Show

Son charged with stealing from socialite gets hostile welcome

Apr 3, 09 10:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The trial of Brooke Astor’s son is becoming something of a circus—and it hasn't even started. In the courtroom, Anthony Marshall's lawyers are using a lengthy questionnaire to screen potential jurors who will determine whether he exploited his socialite mother's deteriorating mental and physical condition, the New York ... More »

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trial • Brooke Astor • Anthony Marshall • jury selection

 'Baby Grace' 
 Jury Selection 
 Set to Start 

Outpouring of community sympathy could complicate process

Jan 25, 09 2:50 PM CST
(AP) - Jury selection is set to begin tomorrow for the capital murder trial of 20-year-old Kimberly Dawn Trenor, accused—along with husband Royce Clyde Zeigler II—of beating her 2-year-old daughter Riley Ann Sawyers to death in July 2007. After volunteer searchers helped in the agonizing investigation, some fear that community... More »

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crime • murder • toddler • Baby Grace • Royce Clyde Zeigler II • Kimberly Dawn Trenor • Riley Ann Sawyers • jury selection

 Jurors: Secret Tapes Sank OJ 

Recordings helped prosecution overcome unreliable witnesses, they say

Oct 6, 08 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - It was OJ Simpson’s own words—caught on secret recording—that sealed his fate, jurors told the media yesterday. The defense succeeded in discrediting the prosecution’s witnesses, they said, but the tapes, on which Simpson can be heard planning and carrying out the robbery, were key in their... More »

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celebrity trials • OJ Simpson • trial • jury • tape • jury selection

Jury Selection Turns to
Facebook, Blogs, Data

Experts mine online profiles for background on jurors' views

Sep 29, 08 11:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Get called for jury duty these days, and you can expect attorneys to know a lot more about you than they let on. Trial consultants who used to specialize in legwork—visiting neighbors and friends to gather clues to potential jurors' views—are now expert Web surfers, tracing things like... More »

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Facebook • prosecutor • blog • juror • profile • jury selection • public defender • Internet privacy

 All-White Jury Will Judge OJ 


Sep 12, 08 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nine women and three men will make up the jury in OJ Simpson’s trial for kidnapping and armed robbery —but none of them are black, the Los Angeles Times reports. The prosecution dismissed two black candidates, one from the jury and another from the pool of alternates, but... More »

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race • celebrity trials • kidnapping • OJ Simpson • trial • armed robbery • jury selection

UPDATED

Judge in Gitmo Driver Trial Nixes Interrogation Evidence

Afghanistan questioning of Hamdan came after stress, without lawyer: defense

Jul 21, 08 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - A military judge at the war-crimes tribunal for Osama bin Laden’s alleged driver today barred evidence from a series of 2002 interrogations in Afghanistan, the Miami Herald reports. Salim Hamdan says he was subjected to sleep deprivation and was not offered a lawyer; his defense team wants all interrogations... More »

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war crimes • Osama bin Laden • Salim Ahmed Hamdan • jury selection • USS Cole • Guantanamo tribunals

 How to Avoid
 R. Kelly Jury Duty 

Twelve foolproof ways to not get picked

May 16, 08 2:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - R. Kelly's jury is complete, and the arduous process of getting it filled contains a lesson: Should you ever be called upon to weigh in at a child pornography trial, the Chicago Tribune offers some proven ways—at least they worked in this case— to avoid getting trapped... More »

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music • sex scandal • celebrity trials • list • sex tape • jury selection • Chicago Tribune • R. Kelly

Supreme Court Overturns La. Death Sentence

Blacks wrongly blocked from jury in case compared to OJ

Mar 20, 08 5:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for a former Marine awaiting execution on Louisiana's death row. Allen Snyder, an African-American, was convicted of fatally stabbing his estranged wife and her boyfriend, but the court ruled 7-2 that prosecutors acted improperly by using its challenges to seat an all-white... More »

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Antonin Scalia • Samuel Alito • John Roberts • Louisiana • capital punishment • Clarence Thomas • US Supreme Court • jury selection • Allen Snyder • Snyder v. Louisiana

Rezko Corruption Trial Begins

Jury selection gets under way for accused Chicago businessman with ties to governor, Obama

Mar 3, 08 9:19 AM CST
(Newser) - With jury selection beginning for the corruption trial of Chicago businessman and political fundraiser Tony Rezko, the Chicago Sun-Times offers some background on the key facets of the case. Rezko, a Syrian-born real estate and fast-food tycoon who established footholds in the Illinois governor's circles, is accused of pocketing illegal... More »

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Barack Obama • Chicago • corruption • trial • Illinois • campaign fundraising • Tony Rezko • Rod Blagojevich • jury selection

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