Arturo speaks of his interest in characters, both real and as actors. “Growing up in a family with many women made me develop a special ‘ear’ towards the feminine. I spent my childhood in an old colonial-style house, hearing the voices of my mother, my grandmothers, aunts and neighbor...
But judges don’t always – or even often – grant cause challenges when a party has established “The existence of a state of mind on the part of the juror in reference to the case, or to any of the parties, which will prevent the juror from acting withentire impartiality, and without...
RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook petit jury Dictionary Thesaurus Encyclopedia Wikipedia Petit Jury The ordinary panel of twelve persons called to issue a verdict in a civil action or a criminal prosecution. ...
(And I wouldn't be surprised at all that somewhere someone was convicted because juror number 7 had a trip coming up and they only voted guilty so they could get end the process early and make their trip.) Ha! I was Juror #7 when I served! Gunner...
In Los Angeles I was on call for a week and on Friday was called to be present for jury selection, and told if selected i may need to be available for up to a week for trial. This is a crazy way to treat a citizen. My main question is how has jury selection developed? Shouldn'...
While the jury’s responsibility is always to remain neutral and objective, the decisions they make in a murder trial are not only about the fate of the defendant. They also significantly impact the victim’s family, the defendant’s family, and the broader community. A fair and impartial ju...
"I’m not the type of person where I’m used to the focus being on me, so I didn’t want to bring it up weeks in advance and talk about it all the time. I didn’t tell anyone about it, I didn’t post about it, I’ve literally just kept living my life as if it didn’t...
To remind us of the implications, just read up how the lives ofGuy Paul Morin,David Milgaard,Donald Marshall, andMaher Ararhave been affected by a system that failed them. Would you trust Google to be your Police, Judge, and Jury?My answer is an emphatic NO!
as if our willing could make anything so. —fromPoets Respond October 22, 2019 ___ Devon Balwit: “I stare as if the power of my mind could influencethings in the world.” (web) 200 SHARES FacebookTwitterSubscribe Related Poems “The Bar-...
I'm beginning to feel like the only sane person left on the planet. I wake up in the morning to a world that is stranger that what I was dreaming, and I've been having nightmares lately. It's like some alien culture came down to America and inserted a mind control device in everyon...