Explaining that three jurors who earlier raised questions about the not-guilty verdict in a criminal case against a former Alabama judge have backed down, the Mobile County…
Saying that three jurors had “expressed some concerns” about the acquittal this week of a former Alabama judge in a prisoner-paddling case, Mobile County District Attorney John Tyson Jr. told…
When a Washington state jury came back into the courtroom with a not guilty verdict in a vehicular assault case on Monday morning, defendant Patricia Sylvester cried tears of joy.
A lawyer was wrong when he advised his client that a felony marijuana plea won’t result in deportation, but was he ineffective under the Sixth Amendment?
A New Hampshire juror who revealed in deliberations that a defendant was a convicted child molester has agreed to pay $1,200 to reimburse the county for expenses related to two…
Anthony Marshall repeatedly took advantage the failing mental abilities of his elderly mother, Brooke Astor, diverting millions from the legendary New York socialite’s estate, a jury decided…
Updated: Trying to help a struggling jury get to the finish line, the judge in high-profile New York criminal trial over Brooke Astor’s estate planning has said he will accept…
A New York jury deliberating in the Brooke Astor case sent a note to the judge yesterday, saying that one juror wanted to be dismissed because she felt “personally threatened.”
Jurors are still considering a high-profile Manhattan criminal case against a son and lawyer of the late Brooke Astor, and it appears that they may be struggling to reach a…
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a defendant’s Sixth Amendment rights were violated because there were only three African Americans among the jury pool available to hear…
A conversation about the Yankees between a juror and a witness didn’t require reversal of an employment discrimination verdict, according to a federal appeals court.
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