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That prosecutors in the Hoosier State successfully denied people this due process is a reflection of how abusive civil forfeiture can be.
A citizen's right to a trial by jury is a central feature of the United States Constitution. [1] It is considered a fundamental principle of the American legal system. Laws and regulations governing jury selection and conviction/acquittal requirements vary from state to state (and are not available in courts of American Samoa), but the fundamental right itself is mentioned five times in the ...
The United States District Court for the District of Indiana was established on March 3, 1817, by 3 Stat. 390. [1] [2] The District was subdivided into Northern and Southern Districts on April 21, 1928, by 45 Stat. 437. [2] Of all district courts to be subdivided, Indiana existed for the longest time as a single court, 111 years.
A jury nullification advocacy group estimates that 3–4% of all jury trials involve nullification, [10] and a recent rise in hung juries (from an average of 5% to nearly 20% in some locales) is seen by some as indirect evidence that juries have begun to consider the validity or fairness of the laws themselves (though other reasons such as the ...
CHICAGO (CBS) — After more than three days of deliberations, an Indiana jury has convicted Richard Allen in the murders of two teenage girls who had vanished during a hike in Delphi in 2017.
An Indiana jury in November convicted Allen in the murders of 14-year-old Liberty "Libby" German and 13-year-old Abigail "Abby" Williams, who had vanished during a hike in Delphi in 2017.
Jury duty or jury service is a service as a juror in a legal proceeding.Different countries have different approaches to juries: [1] variations include the kinds of cases tried before a jury, how many jurors hear a trial, and whether the lay person is involved in a single trial or holds a paid job similar to a judge, but without legal training.
An Indiana jury heard emotional testimony in court on Saturday from a man who found the bodies of two missing teenage girls alongside a creek seven years ago.. Pat Brown took the stand in the long ...