judge and jury

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“Faces of Death” is so steeped in the computer monitor’s point of view that, ultimately, the internet isn’t merely the defendant on trial — it’s also the judge and jury.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

A judge and jury will need to have some level of understanding about how the technology works: Were both vehicles’ software up-to-date?

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025

Sometimes it's hard not to wonder if he's trying to alienate the judge and jury that hold his client's fate in their hands.

From Salon • May 2, 2024

He served as both judge and jury, which the statute under which the lawsuit was brought requires.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2024

But such rabbits or raccoons or opossums as may have roamed those bottomlands and perhaps never visited the farmers’ cornfields were doomed by a judge and jury who neither knew of their existence nor cared.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson