Judge Rebuked for Urging Jurors to Lie
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SAN FRANCISCO - A state commission rebuked a Placer County judge Wednesday for urging prospective jurors to lie rather than hide their animosity toward minority group defendants.    The Commission on Judicial Performance issued a public admonishment to Superior Court Judge Joseph O'Flaherty for telling potential jurors in two cases that they should think of a phony reason not to serve if they couldn't acknowledge they were racially biased...
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Los Angeles judge may instruct jury to go back and try to reach verdict on a reduced charge of manslaughter.
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A U.S. judge deciding if the CIA should be held in contempt for destroying video tapes of interrogations of suspected Islamist militants said on Thursday he believed the court had been deceived by the agency.
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Jurors in the fraud trial of media tycoon Conrad Black told the judge that they are unable to reach a unanimous verdict, but were ordered to keep trying.
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The federal judge who will sentence former Olympic champion Marion Jones is considering punishing her twice Â once for lying about her steroid use and once for lying about her role in a check-fraud scheme.
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A jury resumed deliberations in the perjury trial of former vice presidential aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby on Monday after the judge declined to answer their question about the burden of proof needed to find him guilty.
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The judge who allowed The Barnes Foundation to move its multibillion-dollar art collection to Philadelphia should re-examine his ruling because he was not given accurate information before making the decision, a lawyer said Friday.
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Prosecutors on Friday urged the judge overseeing the racketeering case against former Gov. George Ryan to set a firm trial date, complaining that additional delays could harm their case because witnesses might die before they have a chance to testify.
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The judge told the jurors to look to their own lives when weighing I. Lewis Libby Jr.âs claims of memory loss.
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In a blow to Robert Blake's defense, a judge ruled Thursday the actor's lawyer can't present jurors a theory that others, including the star prosecution witness, conspired to kill Blake's wife.
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Several Supreme Court justices suggested Monday that federal sentencing guidelines violate the Constitution&#39;s guarantee of a jury trial because they allow judges
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A Superior Court judge on Wednesday ordered the state to rewrite, reprint and redistribute all its ballots for the Nov. 2 election, saying the wording of a ballot initiative was inaccurate and biased...
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Showdown over judge who ruled for a white woman's use of a racial insult to a black colleague.
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A juror in the Scott Peterson murder trial who apparently did her own research on the case was removed and replaced with an alternate Tuesday, and the judge ordered the panel to start all over again with their deliberations.
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A judge in the court-martial of three British soldiers accused of abusing detained Iraqis ordered jurors Wednesday to acquit one of the suspects on a charge of pretending to kick a prisoner.
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The comment came a day after a prosecutor in the court demanded that the judge be removed for showing bias.
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Doubts about Martin H. Tankleffâs confession tap into a legal debate about how much deception is too much.