Jury service is the great equalizer and a reminder that none of us is above the court sanctioned judgment of another. If you have never sat in on a jury trial -- pick one and go. It's a real eye-opener.
Brad Reid | Posted 03.19.2012
Recently the Arkansas Supreme Court reversed a capital murder conviction in part because a juror disobeyed specific instructions not to tweet (Dimas-M...
AP | By RYAN J. FOLEY | Posted 01.05.2012
FORT DODGE, Iowa -- A prosecutor told jurors Friday that a woman killed her 20-year-old neighbor during a staged home invasion as part of a plot to fr...
AP | Posted 12.03.2011
By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN, Associated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- A judge denied a defense motion for a mistrial Monday after a supporter of the victims...
AP | WILL WEISSERT | Posted 10.04.2011
SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) -- The child sexual assault case against Warren Jeffs was in the hands of a Texas jury Thursday, after the polygamist leader st...
Posted 09.20.2011
After more than two days of deliberation, jurors convicted Ohio serial killer Anthony Sowell of aggravated murder in the deaths of 11 women whose deco...
Michael Graziano | Posted 09.10.2011
As I saw outrage ripple through the media and the public, I realized that we were witnessing a textbook example of the two different kinds of morality.
Spencer Green | Posted 09.05.2011
Jurors of the Casey Anthony trial have been flown to Washington, D.C. in the hope of harnessing their talents to solve the looming debt ceiling crisis.
HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 09.02.2011
ORLANDO, Fla. -- For 32 days, a jury has sat and listened to more than 200 hours of testimony in the case of the State of Florida vs. Casey Anthony. ...
AP | Posted 11.15.2011
GEORGETOWN, Mass. -- A Massachusetts man facing a criminal complaint for failing to appear for jury duty apparently had a good excuse. He's been dead...
Len Levitt | Posted 08.06.2011
Ticketgate's main stage is the Bronx, where more than in any other borough, juries don't trust cops. And cops don't trust Bronx juries.
Hemanshu Nigam | Posted 07.31.2011
Highly publicized jury trials are nothing new. What is new is the instant online feedback from the public -- the speaking jury -- that can enlighten us all.
HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 07.09.2011
One of the most momentous trials in Florida history began in Clearwater this morning as dozens of potential jurors filed into the Pinellas County Cour...
AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 05.25.2011
NEW YORK — For weeks, a jury listened to tapes of James Cromitie ranting against Jews and U.S. military aggression in the Middle East and talkin...
Andrea Lyon | Posted 05.25.2011
Men who have become exonerated after serving on death row were saved in spite of the system, not because of it. To say otherwise is not only inaccurate, it is cruel.
DJ Jaffe | Posted 05.25.2011
Psychiatric Times reported an appelate court decision: "Chemical Gassing of Mentally Ill Inmates is Unconsitutional": A Federal appeals court has su...
Lonna Saunders | Posted 05.25.2011
In the Blagojevich brothers cases, over a hundred pages of jury instructions were read by Judge James Zagel to the jury right before deliberations began. That is a lot to absorb.
Iris Mack | Posted 05.25.2011
Seems almost everyone I talk to these days is very outraged over the corruption in the financial system.
Nancy Cronk | Posted 05.25.2011
All of us make mistakes. If you are human, you make mistakes. If you are in politics, you make a lot of them. But plagiarism is one of those crimes people learn about in kindergarten.
Charles Thomson | Posted 05.25.2011
Looking back five years on the Michael Jackson trial, I see a media out of control. The sheer amount of propaganda, bias, distortion and misinformation is almost beyond comprehension.
Peter Baugher | Posted 05.25.2011
While there will doubtlessly be spectacle and low points in the Blagojevich trial, which began yesterday, it will remind us that we are all responsible for making our collective enterprise run fairly and honestly.
Chicago Breaking News | December 18, 2009 4:12 PM | Posted 05.25.2011
Serial killer Andre Crawford was spared the death penalty today for the murders and rapes of 11 women on Chicago's South Side. ...
Karin Badt | Posted 05.25.2011
The Thessaloniki International Film Festival is considered the most important film festival in southeast Europe. It has helped the careers of dozens, including Darren Aronofsky and Fatih Akin.
AP | LINDA DEUTSCH | Posted 05.25.2011
LAS VEGAS — It is not the jury of O.J. Simpson's dreams, but neither does it shape up to be his nightmare. The all-white jury that on Monday wi...
Diane Dimond | Posted 05.30.2012