At least four members of the jury -- composed of six members of the public and two judges -- must have concluded they did, indeed, have doubts about her conviction.
All the experience in San Francisco, New York, Dublin and elsewhere - cities and countries who have been brave enough to take this decision - is that members of the public enforce smoke-free areas themselves.
It doesn't seem much to ask that other journalists -- and why not also political leaders and willing members of the public -- should stop for a minute's silence on one day each year, May the third, to pay tribute and reflect on the courage of those who have died for our right to know.
The STG - which includes health professionals, patients' organisations and members of the public - was created last year to provide advice on organ donation and transplantation.
Policing Minister Nick Herbert argued that current force watchdogs - the police authorities which include local councillors, magistrates and members of the public - failed to represent voters and taxpayers, leaving them "without a voice".
Others point to Ireland's two-tier model: an ombudsman who tries to resolve complaints by members of the public through free-of-charge conciliation with the newspaper in question, and a more formal press council that upholds a code of conduct.
He remains the public face of UKIP - still in demand from political discussion programmes and probably the only member of the party most members of the public would recognise - but he is no longer its leader.
According to the Supreme Court, 110 members of the public -- almost double the initial estimate -- were admitted to watch Monday's arguments, along with 117 credentialed members of the media.
The original series of scout volunteer weeks was known as "bob-a-job week", and saw members of the public asked to contribute a shilling - worth five pence - in exchange for scouts doing jobs.
Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, the CEO of the Jockey Club, which in addition to its gambling business also runs horse-racing and entertainment facilities for its 23, 000 members and the public, spoke with Te-Ping Chen about the challenges of running a sprawling Hong Kong institution.
WSJ: Hong Kong Jockey Club Strives to Race Ahead; Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges
While Flash mobs -- sudden, unexpected and short-lived gatherings of members of the public, organized by Web sites and text messages -- usually tend towards the surreal (zombie mobs in Toronto, pillow fights in Buenos Aires) they have also been utilized by pressure groups.
There are professors and parent activists, City Council members and charities, public-relations firms and fringe gadflies.
But this time round the public, opinion-makers, members of parliament are better informed and they will not just line up behind another Brussels rescue package.
Police are reminding members of the public in the run-up to New Year celebrations of their One Punch campaign.
BBC: Twenty 'killed by one-punch attacks' in Northern Ireland
The authority said it had received more than 12, 000 comments from members of the public during a 12-week consultation process on the cuts.
The quota rise was seen, correctly, as a mere public-relations exercise: because members were already producing more than they had previously agreed, it added no new oil to the market.
Before the official party kicks off, the Shard public-relations team on Wednesday invited dozens of media members to an embargoed chat with several key players in the 12-year odyssey of turning the Shard into reality.
Republican takeovers in Congress and statehouses could breathe life into efforts to restrict how public-sector unions collect and spend members' dues.
"He feels very conscious of the way in which he will be perceived by right-minded members of the public hereafter, " he said.
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But officers say giving police powers to civilians will lower standards and have cautioned against giving stop and detain powers to under-trained members of the public.
The technology-research firm said the industry hasn't been able to convince the public that dating sites have high-quality members and that they're safe places to share personal information.
Some 400, 000 people lined the route of the Queen Mother's funeral procession through London on Friday and since then members of the public have queued almost non-stop at Westminster Hall.
As well as longbow archers, the boat from Portsmouth Historic Dockyard carried a Tudor musician, chief executive of the Mary Rose Trust John Lippiett, Bruce Parker - the BBC commentator on the day of the raising - and members of the public.
After a six-hour public hearing, ethics committee members went into closed session, then emerged about a half hour later with their decision.
It was a public-relations exercise designed to unsettle VKontakte - a network that boasts in excess of 100 million members, compared with Facebook's seven million, in the country.
In its report, released last week, the anti-doping agency made public testimony from Armstrong's teammates and others who said Armstrong was among team members who used banned performance-enhancing substances and tried to hide it from testing officials.
Police have distributed a quarter of a million self-defense folders to members of the public.
Bombay's gangsters have traditionally operated in the shadows, shying away from high-profile assaults on members of the public.
The FDA staff members, who wear uniforms as members of the Public Health Service, are providing hands-on medical assistance.
The 2010 election could be pivotal for public-sector unions, whose clout helped shield members from the worst of the economic downturn.
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