Calif. Judge Urged Potential Jurors to Lie
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SAN FRANCISCO - A state commission rebuked a northern California judge Wednesday for telling potential jurors that they should think of a phony reason not to serve if they couldn't acknowledge they were racially biased.    Placer County Superior Court Judge Joseph O'Flaherty, in cases in 1999 and 2000 involving black and Iranian defendants, told prospective jurors they should come up with some other reason to get off the jury if they had racial biases and couldn't admit them...
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Mark Geragos, Scott Peterson&#39;s attorney, may have promised jurors more than he could deliver, critics argue. ( AP/Tony Avelar, Pool).
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Jurors in the perjury trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby asked the presiding judge for help yesterday defining a core issue in their deliberations: how to set a standard for determining whether the vice president's former chief of staff is guilty beyond a "reasonable doubt."
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Scott Peterson&#39;s lawyer urged jurors Tuesday to set aside &quot;sentiment, conjecture and passion&quot; and focus on reasonable interpretations of the circumstantial evidence
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A judge has thrown out several claims of sex abuse involving a Roman Catholic priest in Northern California, striking a potential blow to hundreds of men and women who allege they were molested while diocese officials looked the other way.
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SANTA ANA, Calif. &#151; The witnesses were a parade of self-admitted drug addicts, murderers and liars, people with a seemingly strong incentive to twist the truth if it would help the government make its case against the notorious Aryan Brotherhood prison gang. In the end, the jury appeared to believe a killer of 21 people who readily admitted he lied during a previous case. It also seemed to accept the testimony of an admitted drug user and others.
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - The judge in Scott Peterson's murder trial dismissed the jurors for the day Wednesday, saying, "There's been a potential development in this case."   Judge Alfred A...
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The judge said the juror had improperly learned some information about the case outside of the courtroom.
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The judge in the Michael Jackson child molestation case has given the star permission to make a televised statement responding to leaks of potentially damaging grand jury testimony given by his teen-age boy accuser.
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Accused murderer Scott Peterson&#39;s lawyer urged a jury on Tuesday to disregard &quot;ludicrous&quot; theories from prosecutors who could not provide solid evidence or a clear motive after five months of trial.
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Prosecutors are seeking to admit evidence of Michael Jackson's "prior sexual offenses" in his trial for child molestation, but the nature of the material was kept secret by the judge.
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Lawyers for former Illinois Gov. George Ryan implored a judge to consider their client's age, health problems and the humiliation he has already suffered before sentencing him Wednesday for racketeering corruption.
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Defense lawyers in the Walt Disney trial on Friday tried to undermine the credibility of a witness who testified that company directors neglected their oversight
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The judges should also be judged. That thought was probably running through the minds of the outraged crowd watching the Olympic gymnastic competition, which was stained by misjudgment.
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The jury in the trial of a terror suspect is urged to put aside any prejudice they may have when reaching a verdict.
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The judge in Michael Jackson's trial says Martin Bashir's controversial documentary can be shown to jurors.
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With the jury hung in the Phil Spector murder, the judge says he may ask jurors to consider a lesser charge.