Judge Rejects Request for Special Manafort Jury Questionnaire
The federal judge overseeing ex-Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort’s Virginia trial has denied the government’s request to use a special jury selection questionnaire.
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Parole Board Recommends Death for Ohio Stabber
Ohio’s parole board decided Friday not to grant clemency to a death-row inmate after considering the testimony of a juror who said he voted to put the man to death based on misleading information about his fraught childhood and drug addiction.
Read moreSotomayor Takes Aim at Florida Death-Penalty Trend
Marking her fourth such dissent in the last year, Justice Sonia Sotomayor chided her Supreme Court colleagues on Monday for turning down a Florida death-penalty case that implicates Eight Amendment concerns.
Read moreNewspaper Sues Judge for Right to Speak to Jurors Post-Trial
The Providence Journal took its fight against the Rhode Island Superior Court to federal court Thursday, seeking confirmation that a judge cannot prohibit the media from contacting jurors in a criminal trial post-conviction.
Read moreJury Hands Apple $539 Million in Years-Long Melee With Samsung
An eight-person jury on Thursday found Samsung should pay Apple over half a billion dollars for infringing three design and two utility patents of the original iPhone, another bump in the years-long war between the tech giants.
Read moreJuror Rights Protest Squabble Lands at 10th Circuit
The city of Denver on Tuesday fought a federal judge’s contempt order over the arrest of a man passing out juror nullification literature outside the city’s main criminal courthouse before a 10th Circuit panel.
Read moreJudge Delays Decision on Media Access to Jury Case
The Providence Journal’s request for the Providence Superior Court to send a letter to jurors correcting how they should handle interactions with the media has been tabled for a few weeks, a judge said Monday.
Read moreGorsuch Casts Patent Office Trials as Blow to Judicial Independence
With only Justice Neil Gorsuch and the chief aligned in dissent, the Supreme Court found nothing unconstitutional Tuesday about letting the Patent and Trademark Office review patent claims without court involvement.
Read moreEl Chapo’s Mental State Takes Focus at Pretrial Hearing
As New York readies for a federal trial of the notorious drug lord later this year, El Chapo’s 28-year-old wife complained outside the courthouse Tuesday about her husband’s confinement.
Read moreJury Set, Evidence on Ex-DA Excluded in Cosby Trial
With Bill Cosby’s retrial set to kick off next week, a judge ruled Friday that the newly seated jury will not hear evidence about the former district attorney who refused to prosecute the same case in 2005.
Read moreVexed Sotomayor Dissents in Florida Death-Penalty Cases
Quoting 19th century French literary criticism, Justice Sonia Sotomayor spoke out Monday after the Supreme Court rejected appeals by two men on death row in Florida.
Read moreGeorgia Court to Probe 1977 Murder Conviction by All-White Jury
Demanding a do-over of a 1977 rape and murder trial, attorneys highlighted new evidence Monday showing that systemic race discrimination led to their black client’s conviction by an all-white jury.
Read moreCold-Case Mistrial
A cold-case murder trial ended in a mistrial Friday, after 10 of 12 jurors said they would vote to find the accused not guilty in the death of his 2-year-old stepson 16 years ago.
Read moreSpat Over ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Riff Hits Ninth Circuit
The ongoing saga of the seminal opening to Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” played out in the Ninth Circuit on Monday, with a former music journalist complaining a jury wasn’t allowed to listen to the recording of a song that was supposed to have influenced Zeppelin’s rock epic.
Read moreDeadlocked Jurors Bode Turbulence for NY Corruption Case
Four jurors asked to call it quits Tuesday, as a federal judge presiding over the corruption trial of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s former top aide braced for a winter storm and turbulent deliberations.
Read moreReporting for Duty, Donald Trump Jr. Passed Over for Jury Trial
A New York judge joked with Donald Trump Jr. about his profession after the president’s son reported for jury duty.
Read moreJury Duty Anyone? North Carolina County Finds Few Takers
The judges, deputies and clerks showed up for court, but one key element was missing: No one had invited any jurors.
Read moreHigh Court to Review Death Penalty for Stroke-Addled Cop Killer
A stroke survivor whose execution the Supreme Court blocked last month persuaded the justices Monday to take up his case.
Read moreJury Hangs in SoCal Insider-Trading Trial
A federal judge declared a mistrial Wednesday after the jury deadlocked on whether a Southern California CEO gave insider trading tips about his company’s merger to retired Major League third baseman Doug DeCinces.
Read moreTexas State Senator’s Fraud Trial Goes to the Jury
A federal jury in San Antonio on Tuesday began deliberating 11 felony charges against state Senator Carlos Uresti, who is accused of helping to run a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme called FourWinds Logistics, a bankrupt fracking enterprise.
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