How to Use trial jury in a Sentence

trial jury

noun
  • Jurors get picked for grand juries the same way they get picked for a trial jury.
    Rafael Olmeda, sun-sentinel.com, 23 Apr. 2021
  • Even if a trial jury convicts Trump, a judge will then have to decide whether to sentence him to prison time.
    Elie Honig, CNN, 2 May 2022
  • What is the difference between a grand jury and a trial jury?
    Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The trial jury found Gable guilty of aggravated murder and he was sentenced in 1991.
    oregonlive, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Arteaga remotely swore in a jury panel, from which a trial jury was to be selected to hear a case via Zoom.
    Elizabeth Zavala, ExpressNews.com, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Unlike the special grand jury, a trial jury will hear not just from the prosecutor but also from the defense.
    Danny Hakim, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Bear in mind, moreover, that a grand jury, unlike a trial jury, is not being asked to find proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
    Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 14 Sep. 2019
  • The judge also instructed the court clerk to supplement the number of prospective grand jurors with people who had been summoned to serve on a trial jury.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2019
  • The Chauvin trial jury is composed of eight people who are white and six who identify as people of color, including four who are Black.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2021
  • The senate jury The Texas Constitution set the 31-member Senate as the impeachment trial jury and all were required to attend.
    Jim Vertuno, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The trial jury rejected the original charge of first-degree murder.
    Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2019
  • My several bouts of serving on trial juries have had a similar effect.
    James Fallows, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2017
  • By the Associated Press A grand jury is made up of people drawn from the community, similar to a trial jury.
    BostonGlobe.com, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Their role is different from a trial jury, which is usually made up of six or 12 jurors and a couple of alternates to hear evidence and decide whether a person is guilty or not guilty.
    Paula McMahon, Sun-Sentinel.com, 1 Mar. 2018
  • On Wednesday, the judge went further, ruling that Navarro cannot argue to the trial jury that a valid claim of executive privilege existed.
    Paul Duggan, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Finkelstein said that prosecutors tend to gather as much evidence as possible to make a strong case before a grand jury and trial jury.
    Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 12 June 2023
  • Leaving the racial composition of the jury unchanged from the previous day when only Black juror was selected for the trial jury panel.
    Melissa Mahtani, CNN, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Unlike a trial jury which decides whether or not to find someone guilty of a crime, a grand jury is only tasked with deciding whether the government has enough evidence to indict someone.
    David Jackson, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The pre-trial jury selection and motion hearings started in April, and the trial itself is expected to last well into October.
    Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 2022
  • That totaled 147 people – including two members of her trial jury.
    Joe Hotchkiss, ajc, 29 May 2021
  • Meanwhile, nearly half the jurors who served on Lucio's capital trial jury in 2008 have spoken out against her execution in recent months.
    Cady Stanton, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Also unlike a trial jury, the grand jury need not be unanimous; federal grand juries have up to 23 members, and only 12 need assent for an indictment to be approved.
    Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 14 Sep. 2019
  • Meanwhile this week, a Georgia judge will determine whether the trial jury in the state's case can hear evidence of racist messages and social media posts made or shared by the defendants and evidence of incidents from Arbery's past.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 11 May 2021
  • The trial jury ultimately acquitted all three men of the conspiracy and obstruction counts.
    Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The trial jury will decide whether the 31-year-old committed murder, a lesser offense such as manslaughter or criminally negligent homicide or no crime at all.
    CBS News, 24 Sep. 2019
  • Walmsley must decide whether the trial jury should be allowed to hear unflattering evidence of Arbery’s prior run-ins with law enforcement as well as racist text messages and social media posts made or shared by the men who chased and killed him.
    NBC News, 11 May 2021
  • His attorneys are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene, alleging his trial jury was improperly influenced because a bailiff wore a necktie with an image of a syringe that showed his support for the death penalty.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2019
  • Multiple jurors who served on Lucio's capital trial jury in 2008 have spoken out against her execution in recent months.
    Cady Stanton, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2022
  • One requests a stay of the proceedings, claiming prosecutors failed to comply fully with Title 2 of the Idaho code, which governs requirements for convening trial juries or grand juries.
    Taylor Romine, CNN, 28 July 2023
  • Punitive damages, which a trial jury could additionally award as punishment to compensate a plaintiff for the losses suffered due to harm caused by the defendant, are limited to double the amount of compensatory damages, the law says.
    James F. McCarty, cleveland.com, 11 May 2018

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