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jury

[joor-ee] / ˈdʒʊər i /
NOUN
panel that hears legal matter
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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

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

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

The totality resembles a juried exhibition that still needs some jurying.

From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2015


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