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...help jurors understand their work, Adler suggests changing rules that bar them from taking a more active part in trial proceedings. For instance, while no law forbids them to take notes, most judges disallow it. Adler would also permit jurors to ask questions, perhaps by submitting them in writing through the judge, who could decide which ones to address to witnesses. Judges should also issue jury instructions at the start of trial, he says, not the end, so jurors will know what to watch for. And he urges simpler instructions, so jurors aren't confounded by legalese...
...their areas of assignment, but we need to be able, for example, to assign a waiter to an extra table when a colleague is out sick, and to have bus boys sort the silverware from the china. Unfortunately, the union's own work rules and practices simply don't permit such efficient and effective use of employees' time...
According to the Cambridge Building Department, no permit is on file for significant alterations to the store, such as new walls, plumbing, or electrical wiring...
...Cuba reached an agreement that would halt the Cuban exodus, permit at least 20,000 Cubans to enter the U.S. legally each year and allow for the repatriation of "those Cuban refugees who have recently left and wish to return...
...canceled a planned one-day visit to Sarajevo, hours after Bosnian Serb artillery rounds pounded the besieged Bosnian capital. Citing concerns for the safety of the tens of thousands expected to gather to hear him celebrate Mass, the Pontiff said he hoped to visit Sarajevo "as soon as circumstances permit...