Assertion: jury's verdict | /r/HasProperty | unanimous
Facets:
value: in some legal systems
type: LOCATION
value: in most states in australia
type: LOCATION
value: afterwards
type: TEMPORAL
value: under most states' laws
type: OTHER
value: in criminal cases
type: OTHER
value: in most instances
type: TEMPORAL
value: in some jurisdictions
type: LOCATION
value: for more severe charges
type: CAUSE
value: usually
type: DEGREE
value: for felon convictions
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: For much of its history, the American criminal jury has been required to reach unanimous verdicts.
text: However, in April 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Ramos v. Louisiana that for felon convictions or more severe charges, the jury's verdict for conviction must be unanimous, overriding the only two states, Oregon and Louisiana, that had allowed non-unanimous decisions at this point.
text: The jury's verdict on the ultimate disposition of guilt or innocence must be unanimous, but can disagree on the evidentiary route that leads to that disposition.
text: Juries must initially try to reach a unanimous verdict, but if one cannot be reached in a reasonable timeframe, the judge may accept a majority verdict of all-but-one (i.e. 11–1 or 10–1) in criminal cases and three-quarters (i.e. 9–3 or 9–2) in civil cases.
text: Scholarly research on jury behavior in American non-capital criminal felony trials reveals that juror outcomes appear to track the opinions of the median juror, rather than the opinions of the extreme juror on the panel, although juries were required to render unanimous verdicts in the jurisdictions studied.
text: Thus, although juries must render unanimous verdicts, in run-of-the-mill criminal trials they behave in practice as if they were operating using a majority rules voting system.
text: A distinctive feature of jury trials in the United States is that verdicts in criminal cases must usually be unanimous.
text: Prior to 2020, under most states' laws, verdicts in criminal cases must be unanimous with the exception of Oregon and Louisiana.
text: The most outstanding feature in the United States is that verdicts in serious criminal cases must be unanimous, a condition affirmed by the Supreme Court of the United States in Ramos v. Louisiana.
text: Some jurisdictions also permit a verdict to be returned despite the dissent of one, two, or three jurors.[citation needed] Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 48 states that a federal civil jury must begin with at least 6 and no more than 12 members, and that the verdict must be unanimous unless the parties stipulate otherwise.
text: In some jurisdictions, the verdict must be unanimous, meaning all jurors must agree.
text: In most instances, the verdict in a criminal case must be unanimous.
text: In criminal cases, a verdict must be unanimous.
text: In most states in Australia, the verdict in a jury trial needs to be unanimous, that is, all the jurors need to agree whether the defendant is innocent or guilty.
text: In some states, the court allows the jury to sit down and go over their opinions as a way of avoiding a hung jury since most courts in the United States work on the principle that the verdict of the jury must be unanimous, or must attain a majority in civil cases.
text: When the jury fail to reach a majority or unanimous verdict after a realistic time, the presiding judge would pronounce a hung jury and a fresh panel is selected to carry out a retrial
text: In New Zealand, the jury must initially try to reach a unanimous verdict.
text: Initially, the jury will be directed to try to reach a unanimous verdict.
text: If they fail to reach a unanimous verdict, the judge may later (after not less than two hours) give directions that a majority verdict will be acceptable, but still no less than ten to two, although the jury should continue to try to reach a unanimous verdict if possible.
text: If they fail to reach a unanimous verdict, the judge may later (after not less than two hours) give directions that a majority verdict will be acceptable, but still no less than ten to two, although the jury should continue to try to reach a unanimous verdict if possible.
text: The Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure state, "The verdict must be unanimous. . . .
text: In the federal system, whether the trial is criminal or civil, the jury must reach a unanimous verdict.
text: Afterwards, the verdict can either be unanimous or require only a majority of the jury members’ votes.
text: If a jury is to be as small as six, the Court said, the verdict has to be unanimous.
text: Criminal verdicts have to be unanimous, so if the jury announces that it cannot come to a decision, the court will take a few steps.
text: The verdict shall be unanimous.
text: The verdict shall be unanimous, unless the parties stipulate before the verdict is announced that a verdict or finding of a stated majority of the jurors shall be taken as the verdict or finding of the jury.
text: Unless the parties stipulate otherwise, the verdict must be unanimous and must be returned by a jury of at least 6 members.
text: In some legal systems the verdict must be unanimous, which may require a considerable amount of time to reach.
text: In criminal cases, all jurors must agree, that is, the verdict must be unanimous.