Word: benching
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...thing, Sharpton noted, a defendant in the state courts of New York has the option to pick a bench trial, decided by a judge, over a jury trial, whereas in federal cases both prosecution and defense have to agree to waive the jury trial...
...bench trials, judges are more likely to rule in favor of police officers, Sharpton said...
Finally, Henrietta finds some good fortune, as she comes upon an "Old Vagabond" sitting on a park bench who has lost his glasses. The search proves "bootless," but she walks the president of the "Great University" home--and by recognizing his references to Hamlet and Oedipus Rex earns his respect...
...Downstairs, the weight room features Icarian free weight equipment, two bench presses, an incline press, a squat rack, a cable crossover jungle gym, free weights by Jade, several selectorized machines and other pieces of equipment...
...could miss their murderous feuding" or "The shepherd of people was sheared of his life." But he also regularly works supple variations on this pattern, letting the Anglo-Saxon rhythms echo as an undercurrent in lines that would seem, in another context, almost prosaic: "She turned then to the bench where her boys...