jury
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The jury was told that Yaxley-Lennon's case was that his family "had been put in danger by the actions of the Daily Mail" and he had acted to "protect his family".
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
“What emerges from this shakeout, in some sense, I think the jury is still out.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
But an independent grand jury report previously found that it was the contractor, not the airport, that was largely to blame for the problems.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
In the U.S. criminal system, after a jury finds a person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, it is generally up to the district court judge to determine their sentence.
From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2026
Selden called for the jury to be polled.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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Beyond some states’ move away from capital punishment, factors include more-robust defense counsel, fewer death sentences from juries and the exoneration of more than 200 condemned inmates, DPI Executive Director Robin Maher said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
However, in July 2025, the Supreme Court decided that all the judges had erred, misdirecting juries that it was wrong as a matter of law.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
These are questions that get resolved by juries every day.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Witnesses at the blink-and-you-miss-it Oakland trial echoed much of what had already been heard this year by juries in Los Angeles, Santa Fe and Nashville.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
During the Reconstruction era, African Americans began to serve on juries in the South for the first time.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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And yet, at the Toronto International Film Festival this month, this quiet film won the Platform Prize, a major juried award.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Smaller and scruffier than the annual film events of Venice, Toronto or New York, the four-day festival has no competition or juried prizes and keeps its lineup secret until the last minute.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
In the festival’s five juried competitions, the grand jury prize in the Official Competition went to “20,000 Species of Bees,” a coming-of-age drama from Spain.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2023
The company introduced a beta version of its digital registry in August at the Santa Fe Indian Market, an annual juried event.
From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2022
Once the first two crates were completed, I carried them down to the art museum for consideration in their upcoming juried biennial.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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The totality resembles a juried exhibition that still needs some jurying.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2015
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