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...addition, Wolf cited the fact that a juror was dismissed during deliberation as possible grounds for appeal...
...also said he is prepared to question the grounds based on which the juror was dismissed...
Judge Lance Ito today blocked the press from covering jury selection in the O.J. Simpson murder case, at least until prospective jurors are questioned about pre-trial publicity. Citing unprecedented press coverage, Ito said the press could return to his court on Wednesday once that line of juror questioning is over. Transcripts of the "closed" sessions will be released when a jury is impaneled. Attorneys for media organizations are studying the ruling before deciding whether to file an appeal, but a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union immediately called Ito's courtroom a "star chamber...
McGonigle escaped four more serious counts of extortion, however, when one juror held out against further conviction...
...create a larger pool of qualified jurors, Adler also argues that legislatures should eliminate most automatic exemptions for such professions as doctors and clergy, which allow some of the best educated members of the community to escape service. The disadvantages of a narrow jury pool that has been worked upon by lawyers determined to seat the least qualified members is evident from Adler's account of the trial of Imelda Marcos, the wife of deposed Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos. In 1990 she faced charges in a New York City court of transferring Philippine government money to American banks to finance...