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jury

A jury is a group of people who decide a court case's result. The jury says the person is not guilty.

jury

a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law a committee appointed to judge a competition

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Simple sentences

The judge asked the jury to reach a verdict.
In the justice system of the United States, there are twelve people on a jury.
The jury were asked to allow for the age of the accused.
The lawyer appealed to the jury's sense of justice.
Tom's lawyer didn't think that the jury would think that Mary was a reliable witness.
The jury found that Samsung had infringed upon Apple's patents.
Somehow, he weaseled himself out of jury duty.
The jury found the man guilty of murder.
Has the jury reached a verdict?
For lack of evidence proving him guilty, the jury had no choice but to acquit Tom.
The jury found Tom guilty.
The jury acquitted him of the crime.
Could you describe to the jury what happened?
When criminal cases come to trial, it is common for twelve jurors to serve on the jury.
The jury found Tom not guilty.
The jury hasn't reached a verdict yet.

Movie subtitles

You want a grand jury?
I'm gonna get you a grand jury.
We got our murderer, and we didn't have to watch a jury screw it up.
The grand jury's going to indict you.
Summons is one thing and grand jury is something else already.
What good is the grand jury?
Well, let's see, 10. no, 11 lawsuits and the privilege of being indicted by the grand jury, too.
Yeah, the jury just went out.
Have you finished your address to the jury?
JUDGE: Gentlemen of the jury, you are instructed that the defendant is under the laws of the State of New York, presumed to be innocent of the crime with which he is charged.
The jury just came in on the Blackie Gallagher case.
The jury says so.
He finally faces a jury.
Jury discharged.
I'd like to inform the jury that the reasons given by the defendant are not true.
I'd like the jury to take into account that this information about my client was taken from a few neighbors and should not be taken seriously.
That's a sly use of psychology to sway the jury.
Does the jury, prosecution or defense have any questions?
Does the jury, the defense or the prosecution have anything to add?
Pardon? -Address the jury.
Address the jury.
Stick to the facts directly related to the crime and, again, address the jury.
I'd like to remind the jury how often the defense has endured unjustified attacks from the prosecution.
Gentlemen of the jury, you're about to hear a defense argued by a lawyer who raised the pitch of this hearing.
The jury will only use your testimony for informational purposes.
Seven more and you'd have a jury.
Therefore, I instruct you, gentlemen of the jury. that inasmuch as Peter Blood has admitted. aiding a traitor to your king. you do bring in a verdict of guilty. that he may be hanged. for the high treason he has committed.
The ship's company will remember that I am your captain, judge and your jury.
The jury just brought it in.
From 3 o'clock till just now the jury was out deliberating.
Please face the jury, Colonel.
Gentleman of the jury, I cannot believe. that a doubt has not entered your minds by now. and if this is not strong enough for an acquittal. think of the defendant's ill-starred redity and lamentable childhood.
No jury will hold you responsible.
To prepare my address to the jury, which'll be our only defence.
But tomorrow, the new grand jury will meet.. andthesequestions must be answered.
He's not gonna appear at no grand jury tomorrow.
Don't worry, Mac. I've got an idea how we can stymie that grand jury.
And all you citizens here present. please report to my office tomorrow so we can select a jury.
Gentlemen, the judge will be French, the jury will be French. everybody in the courtroom will be French.
No jury on earth would convict me.
Gentlemen of the jury.
He's not charging the jury. He's convicting you..

News and current affairs

As for vocational training, the jury is still out.
The jury may be out on the last point, but the first two are well established.
Last year, in a widely acclaimed trial, four Rwandans were convicted by a Belgian jury of involvement in the 1994 genocide in their country.
For example, as ombudsman, I was opposed to curtailing the right of Russians to jury trials.
The jury is still out on whether the hydrogen economy will be cost effective.
The jury is still out, but it may be that there is no safe level of exposure to many common radiations; the more we are exposed, the more damage we do.
The West's core social values make high economic performance a moral imperative like free speech or trial by jury.
The jury is out but there is reason to be concerned.
Trial by jury, which was infrequent anyway, is being seen less and less.
Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom and patron of Athens, decides that only a fair trial, with a jury of twelve men, can pacify the furies and restore peace.
In this case, the jury is evenly divided, forcing Athena to give the verdict, which is to acquit Orestes.
But its solution to the problem of creeping inflation was jury-rigged, and broke down completely in the 1970's.
Judged on those terms, the best that can be said for the Euro is that the jury remains out.
But, with now-frothy manipulated asset markets posing new risks of financial instability, the jury is out on that point as well.
While initial indications are encouraging, the jury is still out.
It is just as important to ask what happens over the next five years as over the next six months, and the jury is still very much out on that.
While the jury is out on whether there has really been such a seamless transition of global economic leadership, Asia must face up to the critical challenges that may come with this new role.

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