Jurors must find a defendant not guilty even if they are not completely sure the person is innocent of any crime.
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Needless to say, when this memo of the Ford Motor Company's cost-benefit analysis came out in the trial, it appalled the jurors, who awarded a huge settlement.
不用说,当福特汽车公司的这份成本效益分析备忘录,在审理时被公之于众,陪审团大为震怒,判定巨额赔偿。
Many of the jurors would have known Socrates or certainly would have heard of him and he says would have had already an unfavorable opinion formed about him by this earlier generation of accusers.
多数的陪审团成员早就都认识苏格拉底,或至少听过这号人物,他自道,他们早就已经,有不利于他的主张,来自于那些前代的指控者。
But the judge questioned the remaining jurors and discovered that eight others had also gone online to research or discuss the case.
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But if a trial is held, jurors are not required to decide "beyond a reasonable doubt.
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But there are supposed to be limits to how much information jurors may gather by themselves.
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Most states require all the jurors in a criminal case to agree on the verdict.
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The jurors are asked to approve efforts to gather evidence, often secretly,to build a case.
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Jurors are not supposed to discuss a case with anyone else during a trial.
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But jurors said there was no clear evidence that they meant to mislead investors.
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The judge and lawyers for both sides in a case question possible jurors.
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The coroner usually calls six jurors to a hearing known as an inquest.
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In Washington, jurors receive thirty dollars a day for jury duty.
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The court provides child care for jurors with young children.
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Lawyers sometimes use experts to help them choose jurors.
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Some courts even let jurors ask questions.
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Judge Melvin Wright explains how the D.C.Superior Court handles this issue: "We instruct jurors that they cannot during the course of a trial use Google or Twitter or any other electronic device to obtain information.
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