Tag Archives: Jury

On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that defendants in criminal trials will only be convicted by a unanimous jury. According to The Hill, the court said in a divided opinion that the Constitution calls for agreement among all members of a jury in order to enact a guilty verdict. Oregon …

21-year-old DeAndre Somerville, who spent 10 days in a Florida jail after oversleeping and missing jury duty, has had his sentence vacated after a judge said that he had been “totally rehabilitated.” Somerville of West Palm Beach, was originally sentenced to 10 days in jail, a year of probation, 150 hours …

Two of the people who sat on the jury that convicted and sentenced former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger,  sat down with ABC News and Good Morning America to open up about “one of the hardest things” they’ve ever had to do. In the interview, the jurors, identified by the …