Read more juror stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/13635/juror.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:06:14 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/68416/jurors-dodge-duty-amid-financial-fears.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJury duty has always been a pain, but the tough economy is prompting more and more Americans to ditch their civic responsibility, the New York Times reports. While exact figures aren’t available, officials report that jurors increasingly cite financial worries in bids to get out of duty. “I cannot even...http://www.newser.com/story/68416/jurors-dodge-duty-amid-financial-fears.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 02 Sep 2009 10:20:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63886/ex-juror-astor-knew-what-she-was-doing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFrank Waring, the 73-year-old alternate juror removed last week from the trial of Brooke Astor’s son, doesn’t think Anthony Marshall tricked the Alzheimer sufferer into bequeathing her fortune to him. “The woman was no dummy,” he tells the New York Times . “That tells me she really knew what she was...http://www.newser.com/story/63886/ex-juror-astor-knew-what-she-was-doing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Jul 2009 13:04:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56224/jurors-rapport-swung-spector-conviction-lawyers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwelve agreeable jurors made all the difference between Phil Spector's two murder trials, lawyers from both sides tell the Los Angeles Times . The jurors who this week voted unanimously to convict heard the same evidence as the jury that deadlocked in 2007, prosecutors and the music legend's lawyer say, but...http://www.newser.com/story/56224/jurors-rapport-swung-spector-conviction-lawyers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 15 Apr 2009 10:20:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55438/astor-trial-crawls-as-lawyers-squabble.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs the second week of jury selection in the Brooke Astor trial began today, with potential jurors being asked if they can sit still for a 3-month trial, the judge upbraided the lawyers for bickering and grandstanding as if they never wanted it to end, the New York Times reports....http://www.newser.com/story/55438/astor-trial-crawls-as-lawyers-squabble.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 06 Apr 2009 11:25:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54997/judge-blasts-juror-seducing-mom.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA judge has put a halt to efforts by a convicted murderer to have his verdict vacated—because the man's mom acted as a "vigilante" when she flirted with a juror in an attempt to get information out of him, the New York Times reports. After plying Juror No. 8...http://www.newser.com/story/54997/judge-blasts-juror-seducing-mom.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 01 Apr 2009 12:46:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53272/tweeting-juror-prompts-motion-for-new-trial.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA defendant found liable for $12.6 million in an Arkansas civil matter asked for a new trial because one juror Tweeted about the case from the courtroom, the Springdale Morning News reports. “Juror Jonathan’s” Twitter entries included “Oh and nobody buy Stoam,” the foam/steel hybrid the defendant sold; and...http://www.newser.com/story/53272/tweeting-juror-prompts-motion-for-new-trial.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Mar 2009 16:50:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/49554/juror-booted-for-sitting-in-hell-facebook-post.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn Ohio man inadvertently discovered a new, high-tech way to get out of jury duty: write about it on Facebook. A judge in a high-profile civil lawsuit booted Barry Price from service after the plaintiff’s attorney discovered his Facebook status: “Barry Price is sitting in hell… aka jury duty.” The...http://www.newser.com/story/49554/juror-booted-for-sitting-in-hell-facebook-post.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 31 Jan 2009 15:41:31 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43955/mom-hatches-sexy-plan-to-free-convicted-son.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Brooklyn mother's bid to have her son's murder conviction overturned reads like a Hollywood script. The married 46-year-old got a makeover, hit the gym, rented an apartment under an alias, then strutted around a juror's neighborhood in six-inch heels and a push-up bra. She taped their flirtatious encounters and...http://www.newser.com/story/43955/mom-hatches-sexy-plan-to-free-convicted-son.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 29 Nov 2008 13:22:40 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/40821/death-in-jurors-family-puts-stevens-trial-on-hold.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDeliberations in the corruption trial of Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens were halted again today when the judge sent the jury home following the death of a juror’s father, Politico reports. The juror flew to California, and it’s unknown whether she’ll return for deliberations. This latest delay pushes deliberations closer to...http://www.newser.com/story/40821/death-in-jurors-family-puts-stevens-trial-on-hold.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 24 Oct 2008 12:34:29 CDT