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  2. Juries in the United States - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Grand juries in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Federal grand jury for the Roy Olmstead trial, Seattle, 1926. The federal government is required to use grand juries for all felonies, though not misdemeanors, by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. [5] All states can use them, but only half actually do with the others using only preliminary hearings. [6]

  4. Here’s how often you can get called for federal jury duty in ...

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    It is the duty of American citizens to participate in the federal judicial system by serving on a jury when called upon to do so. Many of us have seen it at some point in TV shows and movies ...

  5. Jury - Wikipedia

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    From 1 June 2018, defendants can claim a jury trial in criminal cases which are heard by district courts and garrison military courts as the courts of first instance; from that moment on, the jury is composed of 8 (in regional courts and military courts of military districts/fleets) or 6 (in district courts and garrison military courts) jurors.

  6. Petit jury - Wikipedia

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    In common law, a petit jury (or trial jury; pronounced / ˈ p ɛ t ə t / or / p ə ˈ t iː t /, depending on the jurisdiction) hears the evidence in a trial as presented by both the plaintiff (petitioner) and the defendant (respondent). After hearing the evidence and often jury instructions from the judge, the group retires for deliberation ...

  7. Judge rules ex-Ald. Edward Burke’s comments on Jewish ... - AOL

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    A federal judge has ruled that former Ald. Edward Burke’s allegedly insensitive comments on wiretaps about Jewish lawyers can be heard by the jury at his upcoming corruption trial. Burke’s ...

  8. How often can you be called for federal jury duty in SC? - AOL

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    How often can you be summoned for jury duty in federal court in South Carolina? What are valid excuses to get out of serving? Here’s what to know.

  9. Jury Selection and Service Act - Wikipedia

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    The Jury Act scrapped the "key man" system of "blue ribbon juries", in which jury commissioners typically solicited the names of "men of recognized intelligence and probity" from notables or "key men" of the community. A 1967 survey of federal courts showed that 60 percent still relied primarily on this so-called key man system for the names of ...