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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In a sign of possible discord in the jury room, the judge in Scott Peterson&#39;s murder case lectured the panel Monday about the importance of deliberating with an open mind.
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SANTA MARIA, Calif.  - The judge in the Michael  Jackson child molestation case on Wednesday delayed a ruling on  whether jurors at his trial could be hear prosecution  contentions that the pop star had a pattern of sexually abusing  young boys.
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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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In a sign of possible discord in the jury room, the judge in Scott Peterson's murder case lectured the panel Monday about the importance of deliberating with an open mind.
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A judge urged prospects to relax and to keep an open mind as questioning began Monday for potential jurors in Michael Jackson's child-molestation trial.
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A federal judge said that tribunals like the one the suspect is facing are contrary to principles of American justice.
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California penal officials are traveling nationwide to confer with experts to overcome a federal judge's objections to its execution procedure, the state's top prison official said on Thursday.
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The judge who presided over Chicago's biggest mob trial in years expressed doubts Wednesday about setting bond for a retired policeman convicted in the case, saying his testimony was unbelievable.
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HOUSTON -- A judge overseeing the first criminal trial involving former Enron Corp. executives told prospective jurors yesterday he didn't expect them to be unaware of the former energy-trading giant.
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Lawyers for Michael Jackson have asked a California judge to conduct behind closed doors a key hearing into accusations of past sex offenses by the singer, along with all other proceedings involving evidence in the case.
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A judge wants more information before she decides whether to let Foxy Brown get out of jail and go to California for repair of an electronic ear implant.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal judge said yesterday that she would not immediately dismiss charges against four men accused of distributing steroids to top athletes.
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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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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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A judge is considering if tobacco companies should be tried on whether they deceived smokers about the safety of light cigarettes.
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OSNABRUECK, Germany -- The judge in the court-martial of three British soldiers accused of abusing and sexually humiliating Iraqi detainees urged public figures yesterday to avoid commenting on the case.