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Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 U.S. 510 (1968), was a U.S. Supreme Court case where the court ruled that a state statute providing the state unlimited challenge for cause of jurors who might have any objection to the death penalty violated the constitutional right to an impartial jury.
Strike for cause (also referred to as challenge for cause or removal for cause) is a method of eliminating potential members from a jury panel in the United States.. During the jury selection process, after voir dire, opposing attorneys may request removal of any juror who does not appear capable of rendering a fair and impartial verdict, in either determining guilt or innocence and/or a ...
Morgan v. Illinois, 504 U.S. 719 (1992), is a case decided by the United States Supreme Court. The case established the right of defendants to challenge for cause any juror that would automatically impose the death penalty in all capital cases.
State law stipulates penalties for those who fail to appear for jury duty.
R. Kelly’s attorney says they plan to seek U.S. Supreme Court review of the decision CHICAGO (AP) — The singer R. […] The post Chicago appeals court rejects R. Kelly’s challenge of 20-year ...
CHICAGO — Nearly five years after he was first charged, ex-Chicago Ald. Edward Burke went on trial Monday in a high-stakes corruption case that will lay bare the inner workings of one of the ...
Morgan v. Illinois: 504 U.S. 719 (1992) A defendant facing the death penalty may challenge for cause a prospective juror who would automatically vote to impose the death penalty in every case Georgia v. McCollum: 505 U.S. 42 (1992) standard on peremptory challenges from Batson v. Kentucky applied to criminal defendant Gade v.
CHICAGO (Reuters) -A jury in Chicago on Thursday rejected an Illinois woman’s claim that the now discontinued heartburn drug Zantac caused her colon cancer, in the first trial out of thousands ...