Jurors At Cobb County Court Find Surprising New Security Measures

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Nueces County court officials say jurors who serve on emotionally intense or high-profile trials may be offered counseling resources to help them cope with stress tied to their ...

A 12-person jury has been selected in the Orange County murder trial of Issiah Ross. Alternates have not yet been selected, and all prospective jurors in the case need to return to Orange County Court ...

WSB-TV: Execution date set for man who killed 2 real estate agents in Cobb County in 2003

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — The Georgia Department of Corrections has set an execution date for a death row inmate convicted of killing two real estate agents more than 20 years ago. A jury convicted Stacey ...

Execution date set for man who killed 2 real estate agents in Cobb County in 2003

The Telegraph: Execution suspended for man convicted in killing of 2 real estate agents in Cobb County

Stacey Humphreys’ execution was suspended by Georgia parole board, clemency hearing postponed. He was convicted of killing Cobb County real estate agents. Getty Images The execution for the man ...

Execution suspended for man convicted in killing of 2 real estate agents in Cobb County

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Yahoo: Execution date set for man who killed 2 real estate agents in Cobb County in 2003

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — A federal judge declined to halt the execution for a death row inmate convicted of killing two real estate agents more than 20 years ago. A jury convicted Stacey Humphreys for the ...

Jurors should leave the local courthouse with a new respect that the legal system works. Judges should respect that jurors will participate in good faith and with full engagement because jurors make the system work. This mutual respect is the foundation of self-government, and a judicial override system weakens that constitutional principle.

The court told the jurors that they should consider the charges one at a time, starting with the most serious. Only if the jury had a “reasonable doubt of the defendant’s guilt on the charge of capital murder” should it go onto to consider the lesser-included offense of first-degree murder, and so on.

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Kiii3 News: Nueces County offers therapy support for jurors after high-profile trials

The high profile case of Sean 'Diddy' Combs had people all over the world hooked - and now the jurors from the courthouse have spoken out. The complex trial saw Combs guilty of two counts of ...

The Grio: Supreme Court revisits Mississippi death row case tied to disputed removal of Black jurors

Supreme Court revisits Mississippi death row case tied to disputed removal of Black jurors

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Humphreys was convicted of killing Cindy Williams and Lori Brown in a model home after gaining access to their bank accounts. His appeals were exhausted after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear ...

Hundreds of jurors in Alabama and three other states that once had the judicial override rule had similar experiences. We were called to jury duty, conscientiously served on capital trials, and made a recommendation about whether one of our fellow citizens should live or die, only to have the judge throw our hard work out the window.

During jury selection, counsel for both prosecution and defense may use an unlimited amount of “strikes for cause” against potential jurors who are demonstrably unfit for service because they don’t meet minimum legal criteria or because they are biased.

Finally, rule 2.530 allows prospective jurors to participate in voir dire and empaneled jurors to participate in a trial through audio-video communication technology when authorized by another rule of procedure.

The last minute removal of the final two jurors, followed by such a quick verdict, shocked many pundits. "The biggest issue is juror removals," said San Francisco prosecutor and trial observer Jim Hammer.

While some jurors are not biased based on sexual orientation, some realistically are.” [citations omitted]. This case is a significant win for LGBT people, who deserve the same equal access to a fair trial as every other person in America. It reaffirms that everyone has a right to have their case heard by an impartial jury.

Before being selected, the jurors were asked if they had any anti-gay prejudices that would prevent them from deciding Mr. Rhines’s case fairly. They said they could be impartial, but this turned out to be false.

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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: HIGH PROFILE: Jennifer Cobb has to change hats all day long as director of City Year

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Jennifer Cobb wakes up every day to a new challenge. Cobb, the executive director of City Year in Little Rock, describes her job as a "challenge and a blessing." She oversees the daily activities of ...

HIGH PROFILE: Jennifer Cobb has to change hats all day long as director of City Year