NY juror felt pressured in shooting case
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A juror who helped convict a black man of fatally shooting a white teenager said he felt pressured by other jurors and the judge to change his vote to guilty during a marathon deliberating session.
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Prosecutors investigating a police shooting that occurred days after Hurricane Katrina created a "mess" by compelling three officers to testify before the grand jury that later indicted them, a judge presiding over the case said Friday.
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The fiancee of a young father shot dead outside his home tells a jury of her panic on seeing his injuries.
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Prospective jurors in the murder trial of actor Robert Blake were asked Monday if they could endure the public scrutiny that surrounded the O.J. Simpson and Scott Peterson cases.
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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.
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The foreman of the jury in Phil Spector's murder trial said Tuesday that the panel is at an impasse, and the judge told lawyers he was considering allowing the panel to consider a lesser charge. The juror told Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler the panel was split 7 to 5, but he did not indicate which way it was leaning.
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A murder trial highlights evolving legal debate over whether antidepressants limit personal accountability.
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Frightening incidents often take place, especially when shooting at different locations. But one incident
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NEW YORK, Dec. 26 -- A judge's decision to keep a stymied jury deliberating for 12 hours just days before Christmas could be grounds to overturn a manslaughter verdict against a black man convicted of shooting a white teenager, criminal defense lawyers said Wednesday.
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Officials in New Jersey who are struggling to combat witness intimidation have long been concerned about cases involving one lawyerâs clients, many of them gang members.
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A jury trying a man accused of murdering two women and attempting to kill two others begins considering its verdicts.
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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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Heather Mills-McCartney tells a court she felt trapped by the paparazzi during the trial of a photographer.
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By Paul Edward Parker; Journal Staff Writer  Witnesses and jurors might be reluctant to participate if testimony would become public, a law professor argues.
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Relatives of a man who murdered a family of four testified Friday that his childhood was filled with abuse, but jurors deciding whether he should be executed also heard a witness describe being stabbed in his mouth, face and neck in another merciless attack the defendant confessed to.
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A pathologist tells the trial of a man accused of killing five women that one victim may have been suffocated.
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A jury deliberating the fate of John "Junior" Gotti at his third racketeering trial told the judge Tuesday it was unable to agree on a verdict. The judge asked the jury to try again.