Word: jurors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...jury decided that none of the defendants could be held responsible. As the verdict was announced, one woman juror wept; she and two other women said "no" when polled on whether they agreed with the decision. Judge Don Young told the jury: "You are owed the gratitude of everyone in the courtroom, regardless of whether they benefited by your decision, and of everyone in this free land." Shouted Thomas Grace, a wounded student: "What freedom? This trial has been a sham in every way." Arthur Krause, whose daughter Allison died at Kent State, delivered a similar verdict: "Thanks to these...
...younger days, Gerardo Catena was convicted of eight felonies, ranging from hijacking to bribing a federal juror, but those inconveniences did not slow his steady rise through the Mafia hierarchy. By the late 1960s he was boss of 600 button men in northern New Jersey and heavily involved in gambling and loan-sharking. Thus it was only logical for the state commission of investigation to summon him in 1970 for questioning about organized-crime activities. Granted immunity from prosecution for his answers, Catena still refused to talk, so a superior court sent him to jail. Under civil contempt procedures common...
...many spectators expected a quick verdict. Indeed, three minutes after the jury left the courtroom to deliberate, Judge Hamilton Hobgood was giving a folksy thank-you speech to lawyers and reporters when he was interrupted by a knock on the door. But instead of a verdict, it was a juror with a question: "Where's the sugar for the coffee?" No matter. It took the six white and six black jurors only 1 hr. and 25 min. to reach the obvious decision: not guilty...
Question: During the trial of a case by Attorney Alpha, Attorney Beta saw Alpha having a drink in a bar with one of the jurors in the case. The ethical obligation of Attorney Beta, who was not involved in the case, was to 1) keep this knowledge confidential; 2) reprimand Alpha for drinking in a public place with a juror; 3) inform the judge trying the case of this incident; 4) warn Alpha and the juror not to talk further to each other. Answer...
Regarding the case of Dr. Kenneth Edelin [Mar. 3]: on Friday the judge charges the jury that for a guilty verdict they must be certain "beyond a reasonable doubt" that Dr. Edelin is guilty of manslaughter. On Saturday the jury is certain, the verdict "guilty." Soon a juror is telling reporters she regrets her "guilty" vote. Another juror is "clicking his heels" in happiness over the light sentence, and still another is "tickled pink" for the same reason. Since their verdict could have sent a man to jail for 20 years, isn't it imperative that we educate potential...