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...during a controversial murder case involvinga 16-year-old defendant. The Roving Reporter was pretty angry, but after pleasantconversations with several docile young actors, he regained his composure.Jay D. Musen ’09RR: Tell me about your character in“12 Angry Men.”JM: Juror #8 is the character thatHenry Fonda portrayed in the movie.He’s sort of the protagonist. At the beginningof the play, everyone is convincedthat the boy is guilty except for Juror#8, who thinks there might be room forreasonable doubt. It’s actually unclearwhat Juror...
Lastly, Jason Smith, who, while serving as a federal grand juror in New Jersey in October 2003, provided information about an investigation of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company...
...Thomas was found liable for infringement because she was out-gunned by an adversary with greater resources is simply false. The jury—twelve of Thomas’ peers from Minnesota—determined she committed copyright infringement. And they made that determination quickly and without reservation. One juror has openly stated: “She lied…I think she thought a jury from Duluth would be naïve. We’re not that stupid up here.”Finally, our position has not been to request any sort of harsh punishment. Indeed...
...gamble for both sides. Would Mormons harbor secret sympathy for polygamists, or come down harder on the sect? Would newcomers be horrified by the child marriages, or see the prosecution as religious persecution? After two and a half days of deliberation and the replacement of one juror, they found that Jeffs did "intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly solicit, request, command or encourage" a 19-year-old follower to rape his 14-year-old bride at least twice...
Earlier this month, two of the jurors who sentenced Davis to death signed sworn affidavits saying that based on the recanted testimony, he should not be executed. "In light of this new evidence," wrote one juror, "I have genuine concerns about the fairness of Mr. Davis' death sentence...