How to Use trial jury in a Sentence
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Those are the same charges that a trial jury found Misskelley guilty of in 1994.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 6 Sep. 2024
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Jurors get picked for grand juries the same way they get picked for a trial jury.
—Rafael Olmeda, sun-sentinel.com, 23 Apr. 2021
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Even if a trial jury convicts Trump, a judge will then have to decide whether to sentence him to prison time.
—Elie Honig, CNN, 2 May 2022
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In 1994, the O.J. Simpson trial jury was sequestered at the hotel.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2024
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What is the difference between a grand jury and a trial jury?
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2023
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The trial jury found Gable guilty of aggravated murder and he was sentenced in 1991.
—oregonlive, 25 Apr. 2023
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Trump was convicted by a trial jury of all 34 felony counts New York with which he was charged by prosecutors.
—Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 June 2024
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Arteaga remotely swore in a jury panel, from which a trial jury was to be selected to hear a case via Zoom.
—Elizabeth Zavala, ExpressNews.com, 18 Sep. 2020
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Unlike the special grand jury, a trial jury will hear not just from the prosecutor but also from the defense.
—Danny Hakim, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2023
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Bear in mind, moreover, that a grand jury, unlike a trial jury, is not being asked to find proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 14 Sep. 2019
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The judge also instructed the court clerk to supplement the number of prospective grand jurors with people who had been summoned to serve on a trial jury.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2019
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Williams is Black and at the hearing, the man who prosecuted him, Keith Larner, was asked why the trial jury included just one Black juror.
—CBS News, 12 Sep. 2024
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The civil trial jury awarded the Goldmans $33.5 million in damages.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2024
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Adelstein claimed that because the trial jury was unable to reach a verdict, there’s reasonable doubt about guilt, meaning that the evidence doesn’t meet the high burden.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 16 June 2024
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The Chauvin trial jury is composed of eight people who are white and six who identify as people of color, including four who are Black.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2021
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The senate jury The Texas Constitution set the 31-member Senate as the impeachment trial jury and all were required to attend.
—Jim Vertuno, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
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The trial jury rejected the original charge of first-degree murder.
—Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2019
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More than two decades after the killing, Johnson wound up being charged with murder-for-hire, but he was found not guilty by a trial jury last year after less than an hour of deliberations.
—Tom Jackman, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
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Also at the hearing, the man who prosecuted Williams, Keith Larner, was asked why the trial jury included just one Black juror.
—CBS News, 18 Sep. 2024
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My several bouts of serving on trial juries have had a similar effect.
—James Fallows, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2017
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By the Associated Press A grand jury is made up of people drawn from the community, similar to a trial jury.
—BostonGlobe.com, 4 Apr. 2023
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Their role is different from a trial jury, which is usually made up of six or 12 jurors and a couple of alternates to hear evidence and decide whether a person is guilty or not guilty.
—Paula McMahon, Sun-Sentinel.com, 1 Mar. 2018
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On Wednesday, the judge went further, ruling that Navarro cannot argue to the trial jury that a valid claim of executive privilege existed.
—Paul Duggan, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2023
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Finkelstein said that prosecutors tend to gather as much evidence as possible to make a strong case before a grand jury and trial jury.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 12 June 2023
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Leaving the racial composition of the jury unchanged from the previous day when only Black juror was selected for the trial jury panel.
—Melissa Mahtani, CNN, 5 Nov. 2021
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Unlike a trial jury which decides whether or not to find someone guilty of a crime, a grand jury is only tasked with deciding whether the government has enough evidence to indict someone.
—David Jackson, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2023
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The pre-trial jury selection and motion hearings started in April, and the trial itself is expected to last well into October.
—Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 2022
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That totaled 147 people – including two members of her trial jury.
—Joe Hotchkiss, ajc, 29 May 2021
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Meanwhile, nearly half the jurors who served on Lucio's capital trial jury in 2008 have spoken out against her execution in recent months.
—Cady Stanton, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2022
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Also unlike a trial jury, the grand jury need not be unanimous; federal grand juries have up to 23 members, and only 12 need assent for an indictment to be approved.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 14 Sep. 2019
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