Read more jury stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/6693/jury.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:32:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71834/jurors-used-bible-to-decide-death-sentence.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDeath-row foes are complaining that a Texas jury ordered to consider only evidence presented in court consulted the Old Testament before condemning a man to death. Jurors examined highlighted passages in Bibles passed around the jury room to help them decide the fate of Khristian Oliver. The con killed a...http://www.newser.com/story/71834/jurors-used-bible-to-decide-death-sentence.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Oct 2009 4:39:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71084/mistrial-looms-in-astor-trial-after-19-weeks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter a 5-month trial, the jury deciding the fate of Brooke Astor’s son may be at the breaking point. One juror wants out because she fears for her personal safety, the judge revealed today, a day after he felt compelled to deliver a pep talk in court urging jurors to...http://www.newser.com/story/71084/mistrial-looms-in-astor-trial-after-19-weeks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Oct 2009 14:51:31 CDThttp://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/61328/no-verdict-on-first-day-of-rockefeller-deliberations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJurors in the kidnapping trial of the German man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller ended deliberations for today without a verdict. The Boston jurors got the case shortly after noon, and later asked the judge questions about one of the charges, that of providing a false name to police. Rockefeller's...http://www.newser.com/story/61328/no-verdict-on-first-day-of-rockefeller-deliberations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 08 Jun 2009 16:03:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60262/rockefeller-jury-wont-hear-of-calif-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagProsecutors in the kidnapping trial of the man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller have agreed not to tell the jury that he is a "person of interest" in the 1985 disappearance of a California couple. But they want the jury to hear the dramatic 911 call and subsequent statements made...http://www.newser.com/story/60262/rockefeller-jury-wont-hear-of-calif-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 27 May 2009 14:51:01 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/53631/mistrials-rise-as-phone-wielding-jurors-hit-web.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen a juror admitted last week that he had done online research during a major Florida drugs case, the judge thought he could dismiss the juror and continue. But he had to declare a mistrial when he questioned the jury—and found eight other jurors had been doing the same...http://www.newser.com/story/53631/mistrials-rise-as-phone-wielding-jurors-hit-web.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Mar 2009 6:04:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52226/psychic-vicar-killed-wife-in-a-rage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA British psychic healer murdered his wife in a fury when she uncovered his numerous affairs, a jury ruled today. David Chenery-Wickens, 52, will serve at least 18 years for killing his wife Diane, who found phone records of his calls to girlfriends and a gay chatline. The 5-week trial...http://www.newser.com/story/52226/psychic-vicar-killed-wife-in-a-rage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 02 Mar 2009 16:42:47 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46045/sopranos-actor-beats-murder-rap.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEx- Sopranos actor Lillo Brancato beat a cop-killing rap in New York today but faces up to 15 years for attempted burglary, the New York Daily News reports. A jury decided that Brancato, 32, did try to break into a friend's apartment in a hunt for drugs, but bore no...http://www.newser.com/story/46045/sopranos-actor-beats-murder-rap.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 22 Dec 2008 18:47:00 CST