10 sentences with 'jury'
Example sentences and phrases with the word jury and other words derived from it.
• « "Gentlemen of the jury," he pronounced solemnly, addressing himself, "I ask the death penalty for that horrible person." »
• « The members of the jury chose me immediately, breaking the custom of not revealing the names of the finalists until the next day. »
• « It took the jury only three hours to find Coleman guilty of the rape and murder of Wanda McCoy. »
• « "That's your man; the same man the jury found guilty," Blake told authorities. "The result of this test does not contradict the verdict." »
• « To convince the jury of the absurdity of the claim that Deana went off by herself and fell without making a sound, the prosecutor asked Judge Revak that the court move to the cliff where she died. Once there, he led the jury to the spot where Deana spent the last minutes of her life. He asked each juror to look out over the rocky slope. »
• « On March 2, 1992, the jury found Virginia Rearden guilty of first-degree murder. And on the 30th of the same month, Judge Revak handed down a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. »
• « The assembly's 1683 Charter of Liberties and Privileges established traditional English rights, such as the right to trial by jury and the right to representative government. »
• « However, the Navigation Act of 1696 created the Board of Trade, replacing the Lords of Trade. This act, intended to strengthen the enforcement of customs laws, also established vice-admiralty courts in which the crown could prosecute offenders of customs laws without the need for a jury. »
• « The Bill of Rights of 1689 also guaranteed certain rights to all English subjects, including trial by jury and habeas corpus (the requirement that authorities bring an imprisoned person before a court to show cause for imprisonment). »
• « They argued that trial by jury had long been honoured as a basic right of Englishmen under the British Constitution. »