Word: juror
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cross section," said Burger in a speech to state chief justices. "Overwhelmingly, a great many of the people best qualified to sit on juries are those most eager to escape jury duty." Usually they succeed. With excuses ranging from "bad sleeping habits" to "poor frame of mind," every potential juror who did not want to sit through the Memorex case was excused. There were 118 in all. In many long cases, anyone who cannot get away from work for months at a time or who earns more than jury duty pays-$30 a day plus some extras-will...
...decision to schedule a new trial marks the first time that the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has prohibited peremptory challenges based on the race of the juror...
...then he told the jury that he had learned from "confidential sources" that three of the prosecution's witnesses, including Elko, had "stolen" $176,000 from Flood. "Cash felt that the other three were guiltier than Flood and that Flood had been taken advantage of," says Juror Elizabeth Vegos, 29. Cash also stated that he did not want to convict Flood because of the Congressman's age, 74. The evidence against Flood was still overwhelming, other jurors argued. But, says Vegos, "it was just impossible to talk with the man." Repeatedly, the vote came out the same...
...exhaustion last week, he has already resigned as chairman of the Labor-HEW Appropriations Subcommittee, the base from which he funneled millions of dollars into his Wilkes-Barre congressional district. Still, he was overwhelmingly returned to Congress last November, thanks to constituents who voted for him as stubbornly as Juror William Cash...
...first, five of the jurors thought that John Rideout was probably guilty. But the more they discussed the evidence, the more confused they became. One of them recalled Judge Richard Barber's instructions about "proving beyond a reasonable doubt there was forcible compulsion." Finally, on the fourth vote, the jury agreed unanimously to acquit. Said Juror Pauline Speerstra: "We didn't know whom to trust. There were so many conflicting stories...