Articles tagged with jury

Mon, May 21, 2012

Third day of deliberations to start in ex-Senator Edwards' trial

By Colleen Jenkins

GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - A North Carolina jury on Tuesday will begin its third day of deliberations on whether former U ...

Mon, May 21, 2012

Jury reconvenes in ex-Senator Edwards' trial

By Colleen Jenkins

GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - Jurors resumed deliberations on Monday in the federal campaign finance case against former U.S. Senator John ...

Sun, May 20, 2012

Flurry of arguments starts Gupta insider-trading trial

By Grant McCool

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta "threw away his duties" by divulging bank secrets to hedge fund manager ...

Thu, May 17, 2012

Jury deliberations in Edwards trial to resume next week

By Wade Rawlins

GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - Jurors weighing whether former U.S. Senator John Edwards illegally used campaign funds to conceal an extramarital ...

Wed, May 16, 2012

Ad execs say jury still out on Facebook as medium

By Nicola Leske and Kate Holton

NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - General Motors Inc's decision to stop advertising on Facebook may be a wake-up ...

Wed, May 16, 2012

Gupta insider trading jury to hear Rajaratnam tapes

By Grant McCool

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Convicted hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam is in prison, but the jurors of a separate insider trading trial ...

Tue, May 15, 2012

Oracle patent claims versus Google sent to jury

By Dan Levine

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A California jury began another round of deliberations on Tuesday in a high profile trial over allegations that ...

Wed, May 09, 2012

Jury convicts man of murdering singer Hudson's family members

By Andrew Stern

CHICAGO (Reuters) - An Illinois jury on Friday found the former brother-in-law of Grammy- and Oscar-winning singer and actress Jennifer Hudson guilty ...

Mon, May 07, 2012

Key witness against Clemens says provided drugs to other players

By Lily Kuo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Brian McNamee, the key government witness in the perjury trial of former baseball star Roger Clemens over the use ...

Mon, May 07, 2012

Google infringed Oracle Java copyrights: jury

By Malathi Nayak

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc infringed some of Oracle Corp's copyrights on the Java programming language, a U.S. jury ...

Tue, May 01, 2012

Morgan Stanley banker accused of stabbing cabby waives jury trial

By Michelle Conlin

(Reuters) - The Morgan Stanley investment banker accused of stabbing a New York City cab driver in a late-night dispute over a ...

Tue, May 01, 2012

U.S. wants Gupta insider trading jury to hear Rajaratnam calls

By Grant McCool

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prosecutors want the jury in May's insider trading trial of former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta to ...

Mon, April 30, 2012

Copyright case in Oracle vs. Google goes to jury

By Dan Levine

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Jurors began deliberating on Monday about whether Google Inc violated Oracle Corp's copyright on parts of the ...

Thu, April 26, 2012

Designer Jean-Paul Gaultier joins Cannes jury

Gaultier, a self-professed film buff, has long expressed his desire to take part in the annual festival, and it appears 2012 is his year ...

Wed, April 25, 2012

Actor McGregor, designer Gaultier on Cannes jury

PARIS (Reuters) - Scottish actor Ewan McGregor and French designer Jean Paul Gaultier will be on the nine-member jury at this year's Cannes film ...

Fri, April 20, 2012

North Carolina judge commutes death sentence, cites jury race bias

By Wade Rawlins

FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina (Reuters) - A North Carolina judge on Friday commuted the death sentence of a black man convicted of the ...

Thu, April 19, 2012

Judge tosses jury nullification case

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A judge tossed out a criminal charge on Thursday against a retired, 80-year-old chemistry professor who distributed pamphlets outside a federal ...

Thu, April 12, 2012

Former Senator Edwards' trial starts with jury selection

By Colleen Jenkins

GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - Former presidential candidate John Edwards returned to a courtroom on Thursday, a familiar setting for a man ...

Thu, April 12, 2012

Former US Senator Edwards' trial starts jury picks

By Colleen Jenkins

GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - Former vice presidential candidate John Edwards returned to a courtroom on Thursday, a familiar setting for a ...

Mon, April 09, 2012

Prosecutor rules out grand jury in Trayvon Martin case

By Barbara Liston

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - The special prosecutor investigating the shooting death of unarmed Florida teenager Trayvon Martin on Monday ruled out using ...

Mon, April 02, 2012

Supreme court: immunity for witness grand jury testimony

By James Vicini

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a government investigator who initiates a criminal case against a private individual ...

Fri, March 30, 2012

Texas jury slaps $195 million penalty on TaxMasters, CEO Cox

(Reuters) - A Texas jury voted to slap $195 million in civil penalties on Friday against the tax advisory firm TaxMasters and its CEO Patrick ...

Wed, March 28, 2012

Teen guilty in British tourists' deaths in Florida

By Ileana Morales

TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - A Florida jury found a teenager guilty on Wednesday of gunning down two British tourists in the coastal ...

Fri, March 23, 2012

Defense asks for new jury in Philadelphia Archdiocese trial

By Dave Warner

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Defense lawyers for the highest ranking church official to go on trial in the Catholic church's pedophilia scandal ...

Thu, March 22, 2012

Texas jury convicts former polygamist sect leader of bigamy

By Matthew Waller

MIDLAND, Texas (Reuters) - A Texas jury found a former leader of a breakaway Mormon polygamist sect guilty of being married to ...

Mon, March 19, 2012

Phone call reveals final moments of slain Florida teen: lawyer

By Barbara Liston

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - The case of an unarmed black teenager shot dead by a white neighborhood watch captain who police have ...

Sun, March 18, 2012

Sheridan jury deadlocked

Sheridan maintains she was fired after complaining to TV network executives about the actions of Cherry. She accused the writer/producer of striking her ...

Sat, March 17, 2012

Sheridan jury deadlocked

Sheridan maintains she was fired after complaining to TV network executives about the actions of Cherry. She accused the writer/producer of striking her ...

Fri, March 16, 2012

Sheridan jury deadlocked

Sheridan maintains she was fired after complaining to TV network executives about the actions of Cherry. She accused the writer/producer of striking her ...

Fri, March 16, 2012

Student guilty of hate crimes for spying on gay roommate

By Jonathan Allen and Aman Ali

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey (Reuters) - A former Rutgers University student who used a computer webcam to spy on ...

Wed, March 14, 2012

Jury weighs hate crime in gay bullying case

By Jonathan Allen and Aman Ali

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey (Reuters) - A New Jersey jury on Wednesday ended its first day of deliberations without ...

Wed, March 14, 2012

Jury begins deliberating Rutgers gay bullying case

By Jonathan Allen and Aman Ali

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey (Reuters) - A jury on Wednesday began deciding whether Dharun Ravi committed a hate crime ...

Tue, March 13, 2012

AU Optronics convicted of U.S. LCD price fixing, to appeal

By Jonathan Standing and Ronnie Cohen

TAIPEI/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Taiwan's AU Optronics Corp will appeal a guilty verdict by a U.S ...

Thu, March 08, 2012

Stanford foreign accounts should be forfeited: jury

By Anna Driver

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Convicted swindler Allen Stanford should forfeit some $330 million stashed in foreign bank accounts, a jury found on Thursday ...

Tue, March 06, 2012

Stanford guilty of bilking investors of billions

By Anna Driver

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Allen Stanford was convicted on Tuesday of running a $7 billion Ponzi scheme, a verdict that caps a riches-to-rags ...

Mon, March 05, 2012

Allen Stanford jury says unable to reach verdict

By Anna Driver and Eileen O'Grady

HOUSTON (Reuters) - The jury weighing evidence against Allen Stanford said on Monday it was unable to reach ...

Wed, February 29, 2012

Jury selection begins in San Francisco sheriff trial

By Laird Harrison

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Jury selection got underway on Wednesday in the spousal-abuse trial of San Francisco's newly elected sheriff, Ross ...

Wed, February 29, 2012

Stanford swindle among history's worst: prosecutor

By Anna Driver

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Allen Stanford perpetrated one of the biggest thefts in history, a U.S. prosecutor said on Wednesday as the ...

Fri, February 24, 2012

Jury convicts white supremacist in Arizona bombing

By David Schwartz

PHOENIX (Reuters) - A federal jury on Friday found one of two white supremacist twins guilty of a 2004 package bombing that ...

Mon, February 20, 2012

Jury selection to begin in Philadelphia church abuse scandal

By Dave Warner

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A criminal trial in the Philadelphia Catholic Archdiocese pedophilia scandal gets underway on Tuesday, a case likely to be ...

Sun, February 12, 2012

U.S. presents evidence to grand jury in Avon case: report

(Reuters) - Federal prosecutors have presented evidence to a grand jury against U.S. executives of cosmetics company Avon Products , in a case that probes ...

Wed, February 08, 2012

Jerry Sandusky asks for local jury

HARRISBURG, PA (WKZO) -- Former Penn State defensive coordinatorJerry Sandusky has requested that the jury selected for his trial come from Centre County, the community ...

Wed, February 08, 2012

Jury selected in murder trial of Virginia lacrosse player

By Ian Simpson

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia (Reuters) - A jury was seated Wednesday and opening statements were underway in the first-degree murder trial of a former ...

Tue, February 07, 2012

Jury nearly chosen for murder trial of lacrosse player

By Ian Simpson

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va (Reuters) - A judge told 28 potential jurors to return to court on Wednesday as jury selection neared completion in ...

Tue, February 07, 2012

Jury nearly chosen for murder trial of lacrosse player

By Ian Simpson

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va (Reuters) - The pool of potential jurors narrowed to about two dozen on Tuesday in jury selection for the first-degree ...

Sat, February 04, 2012

Jury convicts Indiana elections chief

By Susan Guyett

NOBLESVILLE, Ind (Reuters) - An Indiana jury convicted embattled Republican Secretary of State Charlie White in the early hours of Saturday on ...

Fri, February 03, 2012

Indiana politician's fate in hands of jury

By Susan Guyett

NOBLESVILLE, Indiana (Reuters) - An Indiana jury on Friday began deliberating the fate of embattled Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White, who ...

Fri, February 03, 2012

Jury back to work in Pennsylvania corruption trial

By Mark Shade

HARRISBURG, Penn. (Reuters) - The jury was set to resume deliberations on Friday in the corruption trial of one of Pennsylvania's ...

Thu, February 02, 2012

Jury begins deliberations in Penn. corruption case

By Mark Shade

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania jury began deliberations on Thursday in the corruption trial of one of the state's longest-serving ...

Wed, February 01, 2012

Trial of longest-serving Pennsylvania lawmaker heads to jury

By Mark Shade

HARRISBURG, Pa (Reuters) - The corruption trial of one of Pennsylvania's longest-serving and most influential lawmakers, who is accused of using ...

Tue, January 31, 2012

Prosecutors want non-local jury for Sandusky trial

By Mark Shade

(Reuters) - State prosecutors want former Penn State University football coach Jerry Sandusky's sex abuse trial to be heard by a ...

Fri, January 20, 2012

Italian Nanni Moretti to head Cannes jury

PARIS (Reuters) - Acclaimed Italian actor and director Nanni Moretti will head the jury at the 2012 Cannes film festival in May, organizers said on ...

Tue, December 20, 2011

Jury finds Massachusetts man guilty of aiding al Qaeda

By Lauren Keiper

BOSTON (Reuters) - A jury on Tuesday found a Massachusetts man guilty of conspiring to support al Qaeda by translating Arabic messages ...

Fri, December 16, 2011

Jury deliberates fate of man accused of aiding al Qaeda

By Daniel Lovering

BOSTON (Reuters) - A jury on Friday began deliberating the fate of a Massachusetts man accused of supporting al Qaeda by translating ...

Fri, December 16, 2011

Jury still out on Greek bond deal: troika official

By Ingrid Melander

ATHENS (Reuters) - Talks are progressing on private bondholders' contribution to Greece's international bailout but there is no guarantee they will ...

Tue, December 13, 2011

Price fixing or good manners? Jury might decide

By Dan Levine

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - As the Department of Justice gears up for a rare criminal trial against a publicly traded company, the ...

Fri, December 09, 2011

Convicted Connecticut murderer sentenced to death

By Mary Ellen Godin

NEW HAVEN (Reuters) - A Connecticut jury handed down a death sentence on Friday to a man convicted of killing a ...

Thu, December 08, 2011

Connecticut jury ponders death penalty in murder case

By Mary Ellen Godin

NEW HAVEN (Reuters) - A Connecticut jury on Thursday ended its fourth day of deliberating whether a man convicted of killing ...

Thu, December 08, 2011

Connecticut jury ponders death penalty in home invasion murders

By Mary Ellen Godin

NEW HAVEN (Reuters) - A Connecticut jury on Thursday began its fourth day of deliberating whether a man convicted of killing ...

Wed, December 07, 2011

Jury considers death penalty in Connecticut home invasion

By Mary Ellen Godin

NEW HAVEN (Reuters) - A Connecticut jury on Wednesday ended its third day of deliberating whether a man convicted of killing ...

Wed, December 07, 2011

Ohio jury votes to send convicted killer back to death row

By Kim Palmer

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - An Ohio jury Wednesday recommended the death penalty for convicted murderer Rayshawn Johnson, 13 years after his original death ...

Wed, December 07, 2011

Jury considers death penalty in Connecticut home invasion case

By Mary Ellen Godin

NEW HAVEN (Reuters) - A Connecticut jury on Wednesday began its third day of deliberating whether a man convicted of killing ...

Tue, December 06, 2011

Florida jury convicts 6 over Eastern European prostitution ring

By Barbara Liston

ORLANDO, Fla (Reuters) - A federal jury in Orlando convicted six people on conspiracy charges on Tuesday linked to what prosecutors called ...

Tue, December 06, 2011

Jury finds Maryland campaign manager guilty of election fraud

By Jason Tomassini

BALTIMORE (Reuters) - A jury found a former Republican governor's aide guilty of election fraud on Tuesday over an automated phone ...

Tue, December 06, 2011

Jury considers death penalty in Connecticut home invasion case

By Mary Ellen Godin

NEW HAVEN (Reuters) - A Connecticut jury ended on Tuesday its second day of deliberating whether a man convicted of killing ...

Mon, December 05, 2011

Jury deliberates death penalty in home invasion case

NEW HAVEN (Reuters) - A Connecticut jury began deliberating on Monday whether a man convicted of killing a mother and her two daughters in a ...

Fri, December 02, 2011

Jury hears closing arguments in home invasion sentencing

By Mary Ellen Godin

NEW HAVEN, Conn (Reuters) - A man convicted of a brutal home invasion caused "physical pain, psychological pain, suffering and torture ...

Fri, December 02, 2011

Jury to hear closing arguments in home invasion sentencing

By Mary Ellen Godin

NEW HAVEN, Conn (Reuters) - The sentencing phase for a man convicted of a brutal home invasion drew nearer to a ...

Wed, November 23, 2011

Judge says NY Mets case over Madoff deserves jury

By Jonathan Stempel

(Reuters) - The trustee seeking money for Bernard Madoff's victims has a constitutional right to have his $386 million lawsuit against ...

Wed, November 23, 2011

Unusual anonymous jury deadlocks in New Jersey murder trial

By Jennifer Golson

NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - A mistrial was declared on Wednesday in the murder trial of a lawyer and former federal prosecutor ...

Fri, November 18, 2011

Exclusive: Rambus jury shifted views as deliberations wore on

By Dan Levine

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - When he walked into the jury room to start deliberating in Rambus Inc's $4 billion antitrust lawsuit ...

Thu, October 13, 2011

Connecticut jury convicts second man in home invasion

By Mary Ellen Godin

NEW HAVEN, Conn (Reuters) - A jury on Thursday found a Connecticut man guilty of murdering a mother and her two ...

Thu, October 13, 2011

Jury deliberates second day in gruesome Connecticut murders

By Mary Ellen Godin

NEW HAVEN, Conn (Reuters) - A jury began its second day of deliberations on Thursday in the case of a man ...

Wed, October 12, 2011

Jury begins deliberations in gruesome Connecticut murders

By Mary Ellen Godin

NEW HAVEN, Conn (Reuters) - A jury began deliberations on Wednesday in the case of a man accused with an accomplice ...

Tue, October 11, 2011

New York jury chosen to hear Viktor Bout arms dealing case

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York jury was selected on Tuesday to hear the trial of suspected Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, accused of ...

Tue, October 11, 2011

Jury told that man aided in gruesome Connecticut murders

By Mary Ellen Godin

NEW HAVEN, Conn (Reuters) - A man accused with an accomplice of killing three people and setting fire to their Connecticut ...

Mon, October 10, 2011

Jury hits Teva, McKesson, Baxter in Propofol case: report

(Reuters) - A Nevada jury ordered a Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd unit and two other healthcare companies to pay $162.5 million in punitive damages ...

Mon, October 10, 2011

Grand jury seeks TV interviews in missing baby case

By Kevin Murphy

KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - A Kansas City television station has received a grand jury subpoena for interviews it conducted in covering ...

Wed, October 05, 2011

Jury set for trial of Christmas Day bombing suspect

By James B. Kelleher and Meghana Keshavan

DETROIT (Reuters) - A judge swore in the jury on Thursday in the trial of a Nigerian man ...

Wed, October 05, 2011

Jury pool narrows in attempted bombing trial

By James B. Kelleher

DETROIT (Reuters) - The jury pool was at 23 women and 9 men by noon on Wednesday in the trial of ...

Tue, October 04, 2011

Accused bomber calls U.S. a "cancer" in court

By James B. Kelleher

DETROIT (Reuters) - The Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a Detroit-bound flight on Christmas Day 2009 called the ...

Mon, October 03, 2011

Jackson begged for help sleeping, doctor told police

By Alex Dobuzinskis

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson's doctor told police he left the "Thriller" singer for about two minutes after giving him ...

Mon, October 03, 2011

Jury selection to begin in Christmas Day bombing trial

By James B. Kelleher

(Reuters) - Final jury selection begins on Tuesday in Detroit in the terror trial of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian accused ...

Mon, October 03, 2011

Grand jury indicts 55 for $250 million in tax scams

(Reuters) - A grand jury has indicted 55 people for participating in scams that tried to bilk the government out of more than $250 million ...

Fri, September 23, 2011

Judge issues gag order in Jackson death trial

By Alex Dobuzinskis

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The judge in the manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson's doctor issued a sharply worded gag order for ...

Wed, September 21, 2011

Suspect moves to block jury seeing airline bomb model

DETROIT (Reuters) - The accused underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab has "vehemently" objected to plans by prosecutors to show a model of the device he ...

Fri, September 16, 2011

Jury awards Gundlach $66.7 million in TCW battle

By Mary Slosson

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Star bond investor Jeffrey Gundlach was awarded $66.7 million by a jury over his messy divorce from ...

Wed, September 14, 2011

Christmas Day bomber statements can be used at trial: Judge

By Nick Carey

DETROIT (Reuters) - A judge on Thursday ruled that incriminating statements about links to al Qaeda by the so-called Christmas Day bomber ...

Tue, September 13, 2011

TCW/Gundlach court drama turned over to jury

By Mary Slosson

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Lawyers for Trust Company of the West and its former chief investment officer, star bond fund manager Jeffrey ...

Wed, September 07, 2011

Baltimore jury clears brothers in murder-for-hire trial

By Jason Tomassini

BALTIMORE (Reuters) - Two brothers were found not guilty on Wednesday of conspiring to murder a blind, developmentally disabled man in Maryland ...

Mon, September 05, 2011

Michael Jackson jurors given 31-page questionnaire

By Alex Dobuzinskis

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Potential jurors in the manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson's doctor were given a 31-page questionnaire covering topics ...

Fri, August 26, 2011

Atlanta public school officials give documents to grand jury

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Atlanta public school officials appeared on Friday before a county grand jury investigating alleged cheating by teachers and principals on standardized tests ...

Wed, August 24, 2011

Kentucky jury rules for doctor in penis amputation suit

By Ivonne Rovira

LOUISVILLE, Ky (Reuters) - A Kentucky doctor acted properly when he amputated part of a truck driver's penis after finding cancer ...

Mon, August 22, 2011

Judge rules Jackson trial jury will not be sequestered

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The jury in the upcoming involuntary manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson's doctor will not be sequestered, despite a request by ...

Wed, August 10, 2011

Ohio jury recommends death for serial killer

By Kim Palmer

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - A Cleveland jury on Wednesday recommended that convicted serial killer Anthony Sowell be sentenced to death.

The jurors decided ...

Wed, August 10, 2011

Ohio jury recommends death for serial killer Anthony Sowell

By Kim Palmer

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - A Cleveland jury on Wednesday recommended that convicted serial killer Anthony Sowell be sentenced to death.

Sowell, 51, was ...

Tue, August 09, 2011

Texas jury sentences polygamist leader to life

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANGELO, Texas (Reuters) - A jury sentenced polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, who heads a breakaway Mormon sect, to over a century ...

Tue, August 09, 2011

Grand jury indicts U.S. private in Fort Hood plot

By Sandra Sanchez

WACO, Texas (Reuters) - A Texas grand jury on Tuesday indicted an Army private accused of plotting to kill soldiers from the ...

Tue, August 09, 2011

Sect leader Warren Jeffs gets life in jail for sex with girls

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANGELO, Texas (Reuters) - Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, who heads a breakaway Mormon sect, was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday ...

Fri, August 05, 2011

New Orleans officers found guilty in Katrina shootings

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A federal jury found four New Orleans police officers guilty on Friday of charges related to the shooting deaths of civilians ...

Thu, August 04, 2011

Serial killer Sowell's sister asks jury to spare his life

By Kim Palmer

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Convicted Ohio serial-killer Anthony Sowell cried as his half-sister Tressa Garrison asked jurors on Thursday to spare the man ...

Thu, August 04, 2011

Judge refers Army soldier to grand jury

By Sandra Sanchez

WACO, Texas (Reuters) - A judge weighing the case against an Army soldier accused of a terror plot to bomb soldiers from ...

Thu, August 04, 2011

Jury deliberates in polygamist leader's abuse trial

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANGELO, Texas (Reuters) - Jurors in the Texas child sexual assault trial of polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, who heads a breakaway ...

Thu, August 04, 2011

Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs guilty of child sex assault

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANGELO, Texas (Reuters) - Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, who heads a breakaway Mormon sect, was found guilty on Thursday of child ...

Wed, August 03, 2011

Polygamist trial jury hears recording of alleged rape

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANGELO, Texas (Reuters) - Prosecutors finished presenting their sexual assault case against polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs on Wednesday by playing ...

Wed, August 03, 2011

Polygamist trial jury hears recording of alleged rape

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANGELO, Texas (Reuters) - Prosecutors finished presenting their sexual assault case against polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs on Wednesday by playing ...

Tue, August 02, 2011

Texas jury hears taste of polygamist life in audiotape

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Jurors in the Texas child sexual assault trial of Warren Jeffs got a snippet via an audiotape on ...

Tue, August 02, 2011

Post-Katrina police shooting case goes to jury

By Kathy Finn

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Prosecutors told a New Orleans jury on Tuesday that testimony showed police officers had gone on an "an ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Jury selection begins in polygamist leader's Texas trial

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANGELO, Texas (Reuters) - Jury selection got underway in a Texas ranching community on Monday for the child sexual abuse trial ...

Fri, July 22, 2011

Jury finds Anthony Sowell guilty of 11 murders

By Kim Palmer

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - A Cleveland jury on Friday found ex-Marine and convicted rapist Anthony Sowell guilty of the serial killing of 11 ...

Thu, July 21, 2011

Case of accused Ohio serial killer goes to jury

By Kim Palmer

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - The fate of accused Ohio serial killer Anthony Sowell, charged with killing 11 women whose remains were dumped around ...

Wed, July 20, 2011

Jury decides U.S. rightly took gold coins, judge to decide owner

By Dave Warner

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The government on Wednesday won the first round of a battle over the ownership of 10 prized gold coins ...

Wed, July 20, 2011

Jackson doctor trial judge cool to jury sequestration

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Attorneys for Michael Jackson's doctor on Wednesday asked a judge to consider sequestering the jury that will hear the involuntary ...

Tue, July 19, 2011

NYC jury convicts ex-CEO in $110 million fraud

By Jonathan Stempel

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Manhattan jury convicted a former Industrial Enterprises of America Inc chief executive on Tuesday of stealing more ...

Fri, July 15, 2011

Grand jury hears evidence in slaying of Brooklyn boy

By Aman Ali

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A grand jury began hearing evidence on Friday against a man who confessed to butchering an 8-year-old Brooklyn ...

Mon, July 11, 2011

Judge declares mistrial in Clemens perjury case

By Jeremy Pelofsky and Keith Harriston

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A judge declared a mistrial on Thursday in the perjury trial of baseball pitching great Roger ...

Fri, July 08, 2011

Texas jury rejects ex-KBR employee Iraq rape claim

HOUSTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A Texas jury rejected claims brought by a woman who said she was raped by fellow employees while working for ...

Thu, July 07, 2011

Mistrial in U.S. bribery sting after jury deadlock

By Jeremy Pelofsky

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday declared a mistrial after the jury deadlocked over whether four arms salesmen were ...

Tue, July 05, 2011

Breaking News: Jury Finds Casey Anthony Not Guilty Of Murder

(Reuters) - A Florida jury on Tuesday found Casey Anthony not guilty of murder in the June 16, 2008 death of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee ...

Fri, July 01, 2011

Jury says Exxon must pay $1.5 billion for leak: report

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A jury in Maryland awarded plaintiffs suing Exxon Mobil more than $1.5 billion for a 2006 leak at a gasoline ...

Thu, June 30, 2011

Jury orders Exxon to pay $495 million for leak: report

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A jury in Maryland ordered oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp to pay more than $495 million in damages for a leak ...

Tue, June 28, 2011

Grand jury criticizes California town over pot farm

By Leidhra Johnson

SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - Officials in a northern California town who approved a plan to create a medical marijuana farm have drawn a ...

Mon, June 27, 2011

Blagojevich jurors: Tapes made case against ex-governor

By Janan Hanna

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The jurors who found Rod Blagojevich guilty of federal corruption charges on Monday said they deliberated methodically and began ...

Thu, June 23, 2011

Sarah Palin says jury duty comes before bus tour

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin said on Wednesday she was pausing her "One Nation" bus tour to answer ...

Thu, June 23, 2011

Sarah Palin says jury duty comes before bus tour

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin said on Wednesday she was pausing her "One Nation" bus tour to answer ...

Wed, June 15, 2011

Barry Bonds lawyers seek to knock out jury verdict

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A jury verdict finding baseball home run king Barry Bonds guilty of obstructing justice in a steroids investigation should be thrown ...

Wed, June 15, 2011

Barry Bonds lawyers seek to knock out jury verdict

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A jury verdict finding baseball home run king Barry Bonds guilty of obstructing justice in a steroids investigation should be thrown ...

Mon, June 13, 2011

Phone taps convict three more of insider trading

By Grant McCool

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three former securities traders were convicted on Monday on all counts of fraud and conspiracy to commit insider ...

Fri, June 10, 2011

Illinois jury awards $95 million in sex-harassment suit

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal jury in Illinois has awarded $95 million to a woman who said she was the victim of a sexual ...

Thu, June 09, 2011

Corruption case against former governor goes to jury

By Janan Hanna

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Rod Blagojevich may have talked a lot and sought campaign money but he didn't do anything illegal, his ...

Fri, June 03, 2011

Jury selection begins for alleged Cleveland serial killer trial

By Kim Palmer

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Jury selection began on Friday in the trial of a Cleveland man accused of killing 11 women.

If convicted ...

Thu, June 02, 2011

New York jury weighs fate of ex-Galleon trader and 2 others

By Jonathan Stempel

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jurors began weighing whether three former traders schemed to trade on leaks about pending mergers and then cover ...

Wed, June 01, 2011

NY jury chosen in consultant's inside trading trial

By Jeff Roberts

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A jury was chosen on Wednesday for the trial of Winifred Jiau, a technology consultant embroiled in an ...

Wed, June 01, 2011

NY jury chosen in consultant's inside trading trial

By Jeff Roberts

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A jury was chosen on Wednesday for the trial of Winifred Jiau, a technology consultant embroiled in an ...

Tue, May 24, 2011

Grand jury report blasts Pennsylvania gaming control

By Dave Warner

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A statewide grand jury in a report on Tuesday harshly criticized the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, saying it neglected ...

Tue, May 24, 2011

Grand jury report blasts Pennsylvania gaming control

By Dave Warner

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A statewide grand jury in a report released on Tuesday ripped the operation of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board ...

Tue, May 24, 2011

Jury clears plane manufacturer in Cory Lidle crash

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The widow of Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle lost her wrongful death lawsuit against the manufacturer of the plane in which her ...

Wed, May 18, 2011

Racetrack owner tells Blagojevich jury of fund-raising pressure

By Janan Hanna

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The owner of two Chicago area racetracks testified on Wednesday he felt pressure in late 2008 to raise campaign ...

Tue, May 17, 2011

Jury to begin deliberating in New York police rape case

By Bernd Debusmann Jr.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A jury is set to begin deliberations on Wednesday in the trial of two New York City ...

Thu, May 12, 2011

Blagojevich aide details fund-raising concerns for jury

By Janan Hanna

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A one-time aide to former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich testified on Thursday he agreed to cooperate with a public ...

Thu, May 12, 2011

In tough economy, more people begging off jury duty

By Barbara Liston

CLEARWATER, Florida (Reuters) - The toll of the Great Recession can be counted in lost jobs and foreclosed homes, or by the ...

Thu, May 12, 2011

Blagojevich tapes played at length in court for jury

By Janan Hanna

CHICAGO (Reuters) - With his approval ratings low and aides telling him things he did not want to hear, then-Illinois Governor Rod ...

Tue, May 10, 2011

No decision yet from Raj Rajaratnam jury's ponderings

By Grant McCool

NEW YORK (Reuters) - In what has become a familiar ritual over the past two weeks, jurors in the insider trading trial ...

Mon, May 09, 2011

Casey Anthony Trial Jury Selection Underway

CLEARWATER (WKZO)-- Jury selection began today in the case of Casey Anthony, a Florida woman charged with the murder of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee ...

Mon, May 09, 2011

Rajaratnam trial jury rehears FBI phone taps

By Grant McCool

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The jury in the closely watched insider trading trial of hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam reheard on Monday ...

Fri, May 06, 2011

Ex-Mets star Lenny Dykstra indicted by grand jury

By Dan Whitcomb

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Onetime World Series hero Lenny Dykstra was indicted by a federal grand jury on Friday, accused of stealing ...

Fri, May 06, 2011

Casey Anthony trial jury selection set for Monday

By Barbara Liston

ORLANDO, Fla (Reuters) - Jury selection begins on Monday at an undisclosed location in Florida for the trial of 25-year-old Casey Anthony ...

Thu, May 05, 2011

Rajaratnam jury grapples with mound of documents

By Grant McCool and Basil Katz

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jurors deliberating at hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam's insider-trading trial appear to be struggling ...

Wed, May 04, 2011

Rajaratnam jury restarts, asks for more phone taps

By Grant McCool and Jonathan Stempel

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The jury in Raj Rajaratnam's insider trading trial started to consider the case anew ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Raj Rajaratnam has infected foot, absent as jury meets

By Grant McCool and Jonathan Stempel

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam had foot surgery and did not appear in court on ...

Fri, April 29, 2011

Jury orders Allergan to pay $212 mln in Botox case

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Virginia U.S. District Court jury has ordered Allergan Inc to pay $212 million to a man who claimed that ...

Fri, April 29, 2011

Rajaratnam jury hunkers down, mirrors other trials

By Carlyn Kolker and Jonathan Stempel

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The jury in Raj Rajaratnam's insider trading trial completed a fifth day of deliberations ...

Thu, April 28, 2011

Tribeca festival jury rewards first time directors

By Basil Katz

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Swedish film about two teenage girls whose friendship turns to rivalry, and a documentary about people in ...

Thu, April 28, 2011

Jury orders Allergan to pay $212 million in Botox case

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Virginia District Court jury has ordered Allergan Inc to pay $212 million to a man who claimed that injections of ...

Thu, April 28, 2011

Rajaratnam trial: No word from jury on Day 4

By Grant McCool and Basil Katz

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apart from the murmur of voices and bursts of laughter, nothing was heard on Thursday ...

Wed, April 27, 2011

Rajaratnam trial jury focuses on more phone taps

By Grant McCool and Basil Katz

NEW YORK (Reuters) - For the second day running, jurors at hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam's insider trading ...

Wed, April 27, 2011

Film-maker Aronofsky to chair Venice fest jury

ROME (Reuters) - Director Darren Aronofsky, who was nominated for an Oscar this year for his dark ballet drama "Black Swan," will chair the jury ...

Tue, April 26, 2011

Larry Ellison's latest job: jury foreman

By Dan Levine

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Larry Ellison is famous for wanting to be in charge, so perhaps it is no surprise that when ...

Tue, April 26, 2011

Former Blagojevich jury foreman watching retrial

By Janan Hanna

CHICAGO (Reuters) - During jury selection in the federal corruption retrial of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday onlookers in the ...

Tue, April 26, 2011

Larry Ellison's latest job: jury foreman

By Dan Levine

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Larry Ellison is famous for wanting to be in charge, so perhaps it is no surprise that when ...

Tue, April 26, 2011

Rajaratnam jury asks to hear phone tap replays

By Grant McCool and Jonathan Stempel

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The jury in hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam's trial asked to listen to replays ...

Mon, April 25, 2011

Jury weighs Rajaratnam's fate in insider case

By Jonathan Stempel and Grant McCool

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A jury weighed Raj Rajaratnam's fate on Monday in Wall Street's biggest insider-trading ...

Thu, April 21, 2011

Jury to see Jackson autopsy photos at doctor trial

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The jury in the upcoming trial of Michael Jackson's personal doctor will be allowed to see autopsy photos of the ...

Thu, April 21, 2011

Blagojevich watches jury selection at second trial

By Janan Hanna

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Rod Blagojevich greeted old friends and reporters in court on Thursday as the judge presiding over the former Illinois ...

Thu, April 21, 2011

Blagojevich watches jury selection for corruption trial

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Rod Blagojevich greeted old friends and reporters in court on Thursday as the judge presiding over the former Illinois governor's corruption ...

Wed, April 20, 2011

Jury shown two faces of Rajaratnam in closing words

By Grant McCool and Jonathan Stempel

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Raj Rajaratnam wanted to "conquer the stock market at the expense of the law," a ...

Tue, April 19, 2011

Rajaratnam trial rivals to make last pitch to jury

By Grant McCool

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The high-profile insider trading trial of hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam enters its closing phase on Wednesday and ...

Wed, April 13, 2011

Jury agrees on one count in Barry Bonds trial

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The jury in Barry Bonds' perjury trial has reached a decision on one of the charges against the former baseball star ...

Tue, April 12, 2011

Jury convicts Mexican trafficker of agent's murder

By Marty Graham

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A federal jury on Tuesday found a Mexican drug trafficker guilty of second degree murder for killing a ...

Thu, April 07, 2011

Arizona jury condemns second vigilante to death

TUCSON, Ariz (Reuters) - A jury on Wednesday sentenced a second member of a small Arizona border vigilante group to death for gunning down a ...

Wed, April 06, 2011

Arizona jury condemns second vigilante to death

TUCSON, Ariz (Reuters) - A jury on Wednesday sentenced a second member of a small Arizona border vigilante group to death for gunning down a ...

Tue, April 05, 2011

FBI agent tallies Rajaratnam trades for jury

By Basil Katz and Grant McCool

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Trade-by-trade and sometimes using a calculator, an FBI agent testified at hedge fund founder Raj ...

Fri, April 01, 2011

Toyota wins 1st U.S. jury verdict over acceleration

By Jonathan Stempel

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp is not responsible for causing a New York doctor's 2005 Scion to accelerate unexpectedly ...

Thu, March 31, 2011

Jury finds man guilty of killing three in Buffalo

By Neale Gulley

BUFFALO, N.Y (Reuters) - A jury on Thursday found a 24-year-old man guilty of what attorneys on both sides called one ...

Wed, March 30, 2011

U.S. jury rejects Glaxo antitrust claims vs Abbott

By Dan Levine

OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - A U.S. jury rejected GlaxoSmithKline's antitrust claims against Abbott Laboratories over allegations of unfair HIV drug ...

Thu, March 24, 2011

Jury gives crown back to taco-eating Texas beauty queen

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO, Tex (Reuters) - A Texas jury on Thursday gave the Miss San Antonio crown back to a 17-year-old woman stripped ...

Thu, March 24, 2011

Jackson trial off to slow start with jury selection

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Nearly all the possible jurors in the manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson's doctor told a judge on Thursday they knew ...

Wed, March 09, 2011

Federal grand jury indicts Saudi accused in U.S. bomb plot

By Elliott Blackburn

LUBBOCK, Texas (Reuters) - A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted a 20-year-old Saudi student accused in a bomb plot with targets ...

Thu, March 03, 2011

Rajaratnam trial jury jeopardized by SEC: defense

By Grant McCool

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lawyers for Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam accused U.S. market regulators of polluting the jury pool ...

Mon, February 28, 2011

Anderson dodged jury duty for TV appearance

The actress/model was billed to tape a show, scheduled to air on Thursday (24Feb11), but was called to jury duty in Los Angeles ...

Tue, February 22, 2011

Arizona jury condemns anti-immigration activist to death

TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - A jury on Tuesday sentenced the leader of a small Arizona group opposed to illegal immigration to die for her role ...

Fri, February 11, 2011

Florida jury awards $260,000 to Tampa smoker

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Reuters) - A Florida jury ordered tobacco company R.J. Reynolds on Friday to pay $260,000 in damages to a Tampa ...

Fri, February 04, 2011

Jury finds bikini barista owner guilty of too much skin

By Elaine Porterfield

SEATTLE (Reuters) - The naked truth is that in one Washington State city, it just got more difficult to serve coffee with ...

Mon, January 10, 2011

Robert De Niro Crowned King of Cannes Jury

If you're bringing your film to Cannes this year, don't be nervous or anything, but these eyes will be judging you.

Veteran ...

Mon, January 10, 2011

De Niro to head Cannes Film Festival jury

Cannes organisers announced on Thursday (06Jan11) the Raging Bull star will serve as the chairman of the festival's competition jury, which will select ...

Tue, December 28, 2010

Martin's 'jury duty' tweets are pure comedy

The Pink Panther star began writing the court-inspired tweets on Monday (20Dec10), leading fans to believe he had been summoned to perform his civic ...

Wed, December 22, 2010

Live from the jury box, it's Steve Martin!

LOS ANGELES, Dec 22 (Reuters Legal) - Leave it to Steve Martin to turn jury duty into performance art. Tweeting over the last couple of ...

Tue, December 14, 2010

Jury rules against Lorillard in child smoking case

By Ros Krasny

BOSTON (Reuters) - A jury on Tuesday ordered U.S. cigarette maker Lorillard Inc to pay damages to a dead smoker's ...

Fri, December 10, 2010

Jury convicts ex-Goldman man in trade secrets case

By Grant McCool

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A jury on Friday convicted a former Goldman Sachs <GS.N> computer programer on criminal charges of stealing ...

Fri, November 19, 2010

Jury convicts Ex-SocGen trader in secrets theft

By Grant McCool

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former Societe Generale trader, who surprisingly admitted at trial that it was wrong for him to have ...

Wed, November 17, 2010

Jury clears Ghailani of major terrorism charges

By Basil Katz

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The first suspect transferred from Guantanamo military prison to face a U.S. civilian trial was found not ...

Mon, November 15, 2010

New York jury convicts man over $80 million Ponzi scheme

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Texas man has been convicted by a federal jury for helping run what prosecutors called an $80 million Ponzi scheme ...

Sat, October 30, 2010

Anna Nicole Smith drug trial jury decision imminent

The tragic actress/model's physicians Sandeep Kapoor and Khristine Eroshevich and Smith's lawyer and companion Howard K. Stern stand accused of conspiring ...

Fri, October 08, 2010

Jury gets case in Anna Nicole Smith drug trial

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The trial of three people charged with keeping former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith loaded up on painkillers went to the ...

Wed, September 29, 2010

Smith drug conspiracy case handed to the jury

The actress/model's companion and lawyer Howard K. Stern and doctors Sandeep Kapoor and Khristine Eroshevich stand accused of providing excessive medication to ...

Wed, September 22, 2010

Grand Jury To Be Called In Lake Crystal Murder Case

(Mankato, MN)  --  The case of a rural Lake Crystal woman accused in the shotgun slaying of her husband will go to a grand jury ...

Thu, September 02, 2010

Jury hits Ford Motor Co with $131 million verdict

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A Mississippi jury ordered Ford Motor Co to pay $131 million to the family of a man who died while driving ...

Tue, August 17, 2010

Blagojevich Found Guilty on One Count, Jury Still Undecided on Others

CHICAGO, Ill. (WTAQ) - Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has been found guilty on a single count out of 24 counts in his federal corruption ...

Wed, August 11, 2010

Jury Deadlocked in Rod Blagojevich Trial

CHICAGO, Ill. (WTAQ) - The jury in the trial of former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich is deadlocked on some counts. The jury has been debating ...

Tue, August 10, 2010

Guantanamo jury can consider Omar Khadr's age

By Jane Sutton

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - Jurors can consider Omar Khadr's age in deciding whether he intended to ...

Sun, August 01, 2010

St. Louis jury sides with "Girls Gone Wild" founder

By Eriq Gardner

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis finally has a reason to throw one of his outrageous parties ...

Sat, July 31, 2010

Grand jury eyes monitor shutdown at Massey mine: report

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A federal grand jury looking into an explosion that killed 29 workers at a Massey Energy Co coal mine in West Virginia ...

Thu, July 29, 2010

Ex-body armor chief's fraud case now in NY jury's hands

By Basil Katz

CENTRAL ISLIP, New York (Reuters) - A $100,000 gem-encrusted belt buckle, luxury cars and private jet trips to glitzy resorts were ...

Mon, July 26, 2010

Vivendi argues for dismissal of a jury verdict

By Jonathan Stempel

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A potential multibillion-dollar judgment against Vivendi SA <VIV.PA> for misleading shareholders hung in the balance as a ...

Tue, July 20, 2010

U.S. grand jury subpoenas Toyota on steering rods

By Sachi Izumi and Jonathan Stempel

TOKYO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. grand jury has ordered Toyota Motor Corp to turn over documents ...

Fri, June 25, 2010

Jury orders Merck pay $8 million Fosamax damages

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A jury on Friday awarded $8 million in compensatory damages to a Florida woman who sued Merck & Co, alleging the company ...

Wed, May 19, 2010

U.S. jury decides $250 million damages against Novartis

By Basil Katz

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Drugmaker Novartis AG must pay $250 million in punitive damages to more than 5,000 current and former ...

Wed, March 24, 2010

Florida jury awards $26.6 million to smoker's widow

By Jane Sutton

MIAMI (Reuters) - A Florida jury ordered R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris on Wednesday to pay $26.6 million to the ...

Wed, March 17, 2010

Grand jury indicts ex-Madoff programmers

By Grant McCool

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. grand jury formalized criminal charges on Wednesday against two former computer programmers at swindler Bernard ...

Wed, March 17, 2010

Bank cop says jury still out on overdraft fees

By Karey Wutkowski

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top bank regulator said on Wednesday that the "jury's still out" about whether consumers want controversial overdraft ...

Sun, February 28, 2010

Vancouver Games look cleaner but jury still out

By Karolos Grohmann

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - There may only have been one minor doping offence at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics but the International Olympic Committee ...

Fri, January 29, 2010

Vivendi faces damages, to appeal jury verdict

By Grant McCool

NEW YORK (Reuters) - French media company Vivendi SA <VIV.PA> is liable for potentially billions of dollars in damages because it ...

Mon, January 25, 2010

Tim Burton to head Cannes film festival jury

PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. director Tim Burton is to head this year's Cannes film festival jury, organizers said on Tuesday.

Burton, who made ...

Tue, January 19, 2010

Supreme court says jury selection should be in public

By James Vicini

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the constitutional right to a public trial in criminal cases means that ...

Fri, December 18, 2009

Jury awards $100 million verdict against BP in chemical case

By Kristen Hays

HOUSTON (Reuters) - A federal jury in Texas on Friday ordered BP Plc <BP.L> <BP.N> to pay $100 million to ...

Tue, December 08, 2009

Grand jury in New York hearing September 11 case: report

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A grand jury in New York is hearing evidence against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-professed mastermind of the September 11 attacks ...

Tue, November 24, 2009

Jury adjourns till Monday in Ponzi fraud case

By Todd Melby

ST. PAUL, Minnesota (Reuters) - Accused Ponzi schemer Tom Petters will wait at least six more days to learn his fate after ...

Mon, November 23, 2009

Accused Ponzi schemer Petters' case goes to jury

By Art Hughes

ST. PAUL, Minnesota (Reuters) - The government made a final effort to convince jurors on Monday that accused Ponzi schemer Tom Petters ...

Thu, November 19, 2009

Werner Herzog to head Berlin film festival jury

BERLIN (Reuters) - German director Werner Herzog will head the jury at the 2010 Berlin film festival, organizers said on Thursday.

The 67-year-old is considered ...

Mon, November 09, 2009

Trial of ex-Bear Stearns execs goes to jury

By Grant McCool

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pay and venue were the focus of a jury's early deliberations on Monday in the trial of ...

Tue, November 03, 2009

California jury finds SMIC stole trade secrets