Jury Duty
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Crime, Deaths, Election 2012, Facebook, Gay, Gay Marriage, Jury Duty, Ken Lay, Laurence Tribe, New Jersey, Non-Sequiturs, Politics, Social Networking Websites
Non-Sequiturs: 08.29.11
* Professor Laurence Tribe on “the constitutional inevitability of same-sex marriage.” [SCOTUSblog] * You can sleep when you’re dead — and you can prevail against the IRS in litigation, too (as the late Ken Lay just did). [TaxProf Blog] * Speaking of the dead, just because someone is burglarizing your business doesn’t mean you can […] -
Cocaine / Crack, Crime, Deaths, Drugs, Guns / Firearms, Jury Duty, Law Schools, Murder, Nancy Grace, Police, Prisons, Reader Polls, Violence
A Portrait of the Accused as a Young Man (Plus a reader poll: innocent?)
Revelations continue to spill forth regarding Stephen McDaniel, the recent Mercer Law School graduate accused of killing his former classmate and neighbor, Lauren Giddings. Was he framed? Is he innocent? Take our reader poll and find out more.... - Sponsored
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Food, Jury Duty
New Way To Get Out of Jury Duty: Order Lots and Lots of Food
Yes, they have laws in tropical paradises in the Caribbean. And trials. And sometimes those trials requires a jury of peers to sit in judgment. But it turns out that island jurors are no more happy to be locked inside in a boring courtroom than we are here on the mainland. Apparently, one jury in […]
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Cars, Constitutional Law, Free Speech, Jury Duty, Rudeness
Is A Ban on 'Truck Nuts' Unconstitutional?
Is a ban on "truck nuts" unconstitutional? Actually, do you even know what "truck nuts" are? Ignorance may be bliss, but it's time to enlighten yourself.... -
Alan Dershowitz, Crime, Jury Duty, Law Professors, Murder, Quote of the Day, Trials
Quote of the Day: Dershowitz Defends the Casey Anthony Verdict
The verdict in the Casey Anthony case reflected the lack of forensic evidence and heavy reliance on circumstantial inferences. There was no evidence of a cause of death, the time of death, or the circumstances surrounding the actual death of this young girl. There was sufficient circumstantial evidence from which the jury could have inferred […] -
Breasts, Hotties, Jury Duty, Ridiculousness, Sexism, Trials
The Allegedly Distracting Breasts At Counsel Table: Guess Who They Belong To?
I really, really hope that somewhere out there, Thomas W. Gooch III feels like a giant tool. A few days ago, Gooch, of the law firm Gauthier & Gooch, wrote a motion objecting to a “large breasted woman” sitting at opposing counsel’s table. He questioned the woman’s qualifications and accused opposing counsel, Dmitry Feofanov, of […] -
Breasts, Jury Duty, Ridiculousness, Sexism, Trials
Motion of the Day: No Law Against Having Big-Breasted Colleagues
Well, there’s really nothing else to talk about this morning. Jezebel reports that a defense attorney has written a motion objecting to the people seated at the plaintiff’s table. Well, one person in particular — a “large breasted woman” who is seated next to plaintiff’s counsel. Is there a law against having large-breasted women hang […] -
Akin Gump, Crime, Insider Trading, John Dowd, Jury Duty, S.D.N.Y., Trials, White-Collar Crime
Quote of the Day: Good Question
We all wanted to give Raj the benefit of the doubt. I wanted to believe he was an honest man. How could someone so smart and rich already be involved in something so horrendous? — Leila Gonzalez Gorman, a 44-year-old teacher from Westchester County, who served on the jury that found Raj Rajaratnam guilty of […] - Sponsored
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Akin Gump, Crime, Insider Trading, John Dowd, Jury Duty, S.D.N.Y., Trials, White-Collar Crime
Breaking: Raj Rajaratnam Found Guilty
Raj Rajaratnam, the billionaire leader of the Galleon Group, has been found guilty. The jury returned a verdict of guilty on all 14 counts Rajaratnam was facing — nine counts of insider trading and five of conspiracy. Rajaratnam could get a sentence of up to 19 and a half years under the federal sentencing guidelines, […] -
Crime, Insider Trading, John Dowd, Jury Duty, S.D.N.Y., Trials, White-Collar Crime
Back to Square One for the Raj Rajaratnam Jury
After seven days of deliberations, one juror in the insider trading trial of Raj Rajaratnam has been dismissed, for unspecified medical reasons. An alternate has been seated, but this means the jury has to begin its deliberations anew. The original jurors must be thrilled. Let’s hope that the dismissed juror was a holdout (either way). […] -
Asians, Football, Jury Duty, Racism, Sports, Trials
How (Not) To Get Out of Jury Duty
Honestly, I don’t understand why people hate jury duty so much. What’s the big deal? You don’t have to go to work. You can sit down and read stuff on your iPad or play Angry Birds. Then you go home. How is this a hardship to be avoided at all costs? And if you are […] -
Facebook, Jury Duty, Technology, Trials, Twittering
If You're Not Using Facebook, You're A Bad Lawyer
If you’re not booting up your laptop or iPad during voir dire, you’re not a very good lawyer. That’s my takeaway from recent WSJ and Reuters articles on jury selection in the social media age. This week, the Wall Street Journal took a look at the evolution of jury selection in the age of social […] -
Asians, Crime, Guns / Firearms, Jury Duty, Law Schools, Litigators, Temple University, James E. Beasley Law, Trials, Violence
Breaking: Temple Law Student Gerald Ung Found Not Guilty in Shooting
Well that didn’t take long, did it? The jury in the case of Commonwealth v. Ung began deliberations at 11:32 a.m., and it just returned a verdict of “not guilty,” around 4 p.m. Eastern time. Gerald Ung, the Temple Law student who was charged with attempted murder in connection with a January 2010 shooting in […]
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Asians, Crime, Guns / Firearms, Jury Duty, Law Schools, Litigators, Temple University, James E. Beasley Law, Trials, Violence
Commonwealth v. Ung: Jury Deliberations Begin
A little over half an hour ago — shortly before noon, after receiving instructions from Judge Glynnis Hill — a jury of six men and six women began its deliberations in Commonwealth v. Ung, the criminal trial of Temple Law student Gerald Ung. Ung has been charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, and other offenses, […] -
3rd Circuit, Asians, Crime, Guns / Firearms, Jury Duty, Law Schools, Litigators, Racism, Temple University, James E. Beasley Law, Trials, Videos, Violence
Commonwealth v. Ung: The Other Side of the Story
In response to our last story about Gerald Ung — the Temple Law student now on trial for attempted murder and aggravated assault (among other charges), after shooting Eddie DiDonato, a former Villanova lacrosse captain and the son of a prominent Fox Rothschild partner — some commenters expressed the view that our coverage was too […] -
Joe Biden, Jury Duty, Non-Sequiturs, Solicitor General's Office
Non-Sequiturs: 01.24.11
* Obama plans to nominate Don Verrilli as the next Solicitor General. He’s currently working a former partner at Jenner & Block, currently working at the White House. [WSJ Law Blog] * Through his attorney, Judy Clarke, a smiling and nodding Jared Lee Loughner pleaded not guilty today to charges arising out of the Tucson […] -
Elena Kagan, Jury Duty, Non-Sequiturs, Patents
Non-Sequiturs: 01.20.11
* Awesome diary of a rich wife trying to cut back on expenses. [Going Concern] * Justice Elena Kagan — who currently lives in D.C., and apparently plans to stay there — was called for jury duty by the District. She wasn’t seated, since we don’t let supremely qualified people sit on juries. [ABC News] […] -
Fashion, Jury Duty, Rudeness
Ways To Get Out of Serving Jury Duty
Who the f*** wears a shirt like this to court, we asked via Twitter on Friday. The resounding response: someone who wants to get out of jury duty. An alternate juror, Nneka Eneorj, 19, who appears not to be familiar with Kanye West, found an easy way to get herself kicked off a police brutality […] -
11th Circuit, Food, Jury Duty, SCOTUS, Sex, Supreme Court, Trials, Weirdness
Chocolate Penis Pokes a Hole in a Death Penalty Case
The Supreme Court handed down a tasty opinion [PDF] today. The issues at hand though make for an odd coupling: the death penalty and chocolate genitalia. In 1993, Marcus Wellons was convicted of the rape and murder of a 15-year-old girl. The jury sentenced him to death. Apparently the case was a bonding experience for […] -
Bankruptcy, David Souter, Jury Duty, Morning Docket, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Morning Docket 05.06.09
* President of San Francisco’s Federal Reserve says the economy is getting better. “For the first time in a while, there is some good news to savor.” If by good news, you mean that laid-off lawyers have taken to wearing track suits around the house “savoring” comfort food instead of 6-figure salaries, then yes, there […]