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The trial by jury is a trial by 'the country,' in contradistinction to a trial by the government. The jurors are drawn by lot from the mass of the people, for the very purpose of having all classes of minds and feelings, that prevail among the people at large, represented in the jury.
Lysander Spooner / Philosopher
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Country
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Classes
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Minds
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There are lots of similarities between being a writer and a lawyer: to tell a story to a jury, hold their attention, make them laugh, make them like you. But what makes being a barrister less satisfying than being a writer is, finally, that it's about what someone else wants you to say.
John Mortimer / Barrister
Jury
Satisfying
Lots
Finally
Similarities
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As I said last week in the wake of the grand jury decision, I think Ferguson laid bare a problem that is not unique to St. Louis or that area, and is not unique to our time, and that is a simmering distrust that exists between too many police departments and too many communities of color.
Barack Obama / 44Th U.s. President
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Decision
Distrust
Ferguson
Grand Jury
Jury
Our Time
Police
Unique
Louis
Area
Bare
Communities
Departments
Exists
Grand
St. Louis
Wake
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Along the way I have been able to choose some themes which ask questions - not necessarily force a message on anyone, but at least invite the audience to question things: jury service, dignity in dying, Ireland - and not least because they force me to ask myself questions. Where do I stand?
Julie Walters / Actress
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Dignity
Dying
Ireland
Jury
Way
Invite
Themes
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Especially as a woman, the jury sums you up immediately and is listening to everything you're saying. You have to be on your game all the time, and that prepares you for being in front of the camera. The difference is, when I am in front of a jury, I am not talking about my emotions and my life.
Rachel Lindsay /
Jury
Not Talking
Life Time Game
Prepares
Sums
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I know there's a CSI game. I've never seen it, though, so I'm not really sure. I hope it's interesting. I hope that they've done a good job making it, but because I've never seen it, the jury is still out on whether it's interesting or not. But it is funny to imagine that it's been turned into a game.
Thomas Gibson / Actor
Csi
Good Job
Jury
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No matter how beautiful and loved a cover may be, the jury on it remains uncommitted until the book has been in the world for a while. Perhaps bookstore buyers will be indifferent. Perhaps it will be lost on store shelves. Perhaps there's another book or two out there using the same or a similar photo.
Nancy Werlin / Writer
Buyers
Indifferent
Jury
Remains
Shelves
Bookstore
Cover
Photo
Similar
Store
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On returning to India I took up a short assignment as assistant to the secretary of jury at the International Film Festival, and Satyajit Ray was the chairman. He was on the lookout for an assistant, and that's how I went to Kolkata. I learnt a lot - the discipline, conceptualization, planning your shots.
Suhasini Mulay /
Discipline
Jury
Planning
Secretary
Assignment
Festival
Film Festival
Learnt
Lookout
Ray
Returning
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So far, I've never missed a deadline for a term paper, a review, a manuscript. I perform the mumbo-jumbo of voting with belief in my heart, I've not yet won even a jaywalking ticket, and unlike my father, whom I fault in this respect, I refrain from opting out of jury duty; instead, they mostly kick me out.
William T. Vollmann / Novelist
Deadline
Jury
Jury Duty
Paper
Refrain
Term
Voting
Perform
Unlike
Manuscript
Missed
Review
Ticket
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In Baltimore, I was walking with a friend who was playing at a pub he kept referring to as the Horse. But when I saw the sign 'The Horse You Came In On' - I thought, 'My God.' I had no intention of ever setting a Jury novel in the U.S., but when I saw that, I thought, 'That's it.' The names are very important.
Martha Grimes / Author
Baltimore
Horse
Intention
Jury
Referring
Setting
No Intention
Pub
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It's rare to find someone excited over jury duty. If they're out there, I've never met them. Not a one. When the summons for jury duty arrives in the mail, how many people scream, 'Yes!' and run to clear the calendar? None. Our first and only reaction is, 'Oh, no,' quickly followed by, 'How can I get out of this?'
Regina Brett / Columnist
Running
Calendars
Duty
Jury
Jury Duty
Mail
People
Scream
Rare
Calendar
Followed
How Many People
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Jury instructions are so numerous and complex, it's a wonder jurors ever wade through them. And so it should come as no surprise that they can sometimes get stuck along the way. The instruction on circumstantial evidence is confusing even to lawyers. And reasonable doubt? That's the hardest, most elusive one of all.
Marcia Clark / Prosecutor
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Elusive
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Instruction
Jury
Reasonable
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The average juror is not Mr. Spock. If he were, then a trial-court judge's job would be much easier. He could instruct the jury in broad strokes - instructing only as to the bare elements of the crime, perhaps - and be confident that the jury would deduce all of the finer-grained implications that must logically follow.
Amul Thapar /
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Implications
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Strokes
Judge
Bare
Confident
Broad
Mr
Deduce
Follow
Logically
Perhaps
Spock
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If you think about it, just the psychology of the superhero is, 'Because I can, I should protect people, and I should put bad guys away, and I should defend society.' But you're forming your own justice. There's no judge and jury here: you are it. That, in and of itself, is a very complicated way of looking at morality.
Sam Esmail /
Bad Guys
Complicated
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Morality
Protect
Psychology
Superhero
Judge
Defend
Forming
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The duty of the grand jury is to separate fact from fiction, after a full and impartial examination of all the evidence involved, and decide if evidence supported the filing of any criminal charges against Darren Wilson. They accepted and completed this monumental responsibility in a conscientious and expeditious manner.
Robert P. Mcculloch /
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Evidence
Examination
Fiction
Filing
Grand Jury
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Responsibility
Wilson
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Charges
Completed
Conscientious
Full
Criminal
Fact
Grand
Impartial
Manner
Monumental
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Lawyers know that certain witnesses are simply not going to be cooperative and are not going to answer the questions. And what matters at that point is what is your question? Because everything you want the jury to know should be in your question, or everything you want the jury to wonder about should be in your question.
Lawrence O'donnell / Political Analyst
Jury
Cooperative
Witnesses
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When I was at the CIA I asked my civilian advisory board to tackle some tough questions. Among the toughest: In a political culture that every day demands more transparency and more public accountability from every aspect of national life, could American intelligence continue to survive and succeed? That jury is still out.
Michael Hayden /
Accountability
Advisory
Aspect
Cia
Jury
Succeed
Transparency
Board
Civilian
National Life
Survive
Tackle
To Survive
Toughest
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There is an interesting scientific dispute about realism and optimism. Some find that very optimistic people have benign illusions about themselves. These people may think they have more control, or more skill, than they actually do. Others have found that optimistic people have a good handle on reality. The jury is still out.
Martin Seligman / Psychologist
Optimistic
Benign
Handle
Jury
Realism
Dispute
Illusions
Scientific
Skill
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