Assertion: jury | /r/CapableOf | return verdict
Facets:
value: to the judge
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: largely
type: DEGREE
value: at any time
type: TEMPORAL
value: on those counts
type: OTHER
value: during its deliberations
type: TEMPORAL
value: as to any defendant
type: OTHER
value: against suspects
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: in a legal case
type: LOCATION
value: on the basis of evidence
type: CAUSE
value: on is guilty
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Nevertheless, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty.
text: The jury determines the truth or falsity of factual allegations and renders a verdict on whether a criminal defendant is guilty, or a civil defendant is civilly liable.
text: A jury is a body of people sworn to give to give a verdict in a legal case on the basis of evidence submitted to them in court.
text: Juries return their verdict, or decision, to the judge.
text: A larger jury known as a grand jury was used to investigate potential crimes and render indictments against suspects, but all common law countries except the United States and Liberia have phased these out.
text: To avert this injustice, the jury decided to assert what it believed to be their "ancient right" to judge the whole case and not just the facts, rendering the verdict of "not guilty".
text: Once the jury has concluded its deliberations and delivered the verdict, jurors are free to discuss the case with anyone they choose, including the media, but are not required to do so.
text: When a judge directs a specific verdict, the jury must return that verdict.
text: If a jury comes to unanimous agreement on at least one of the charges but not all, it may deliver that verdict.
text: Juries return their verdict, or decision, to the judge.
text: The jury may return a verdict of:
text: If there are multiple defendants, the jury may return a verdict at any time during its deliberations as to any defendant about whom it has agreed. . . .
text: If the jury cannot agree on all counts as to any defendant, the jury may return a verdict on those counts on which it has agreed. . . .
text: “terminated and declared void before the jury returns a verdict or the judge renders his or her decision in a nonjury trial,” according to the ABA.
text: Largely, the earliest juries returned verdicts in accordance with the judge or the Crown.
text: In the 17th and 18th centuries, there was a series of such cases, starting in 1670 with the trial of the Quaker William Penn which asserted the (de facto) right, or at least power, of a jury to render a verdict contrary to the facts or law.
text: A number of other countries also have laws in place which rely on juries to render a verdict.
text: While a jury renders a verdict, a judge in a bench trial does the same by making a finding.