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23 results found for '"Jurors"' in Keywords.
Notting Hill Carnival trial (1977)
- Genre
- News report
Report on a trial lasting 14 weeks in the Old Bailey, of 10 young men for actions during the 1976 Notting Hill Carnival. To reach their sentence, the jury were out for 170 hours, 23 minutes, the longest ever...
Alf Dubs on jury vetting bill (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Alf Dubs MP discusses his 10-Minute Rule bill on jury vetting, and the damage that he feels the practice (which he hopes to abolish) is doing to our legal system. Male interviewer not identified.
Liberal assembly - Northern Ireland, South Africa, jury vetting (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on proceedings on 27/09/79 at the Liberal Party assembly in Margate, with debate on Northern Ireland, jury vetting affair, and South African sporting links. Speaking are: Cyril Smith MP; Lord Basil...
Liberal assembly - Lord Wigoder on jury vetting (1979)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by legal expert Lord Basil Wigoder, on 27/09/79 at the Liberal Party assembly in Margate, on the issue of jury vetting following a recent newspaper story.
John Hinckley verdict (1982)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on the verdict of not guilty through insanity in the trial of John Hinckley Jr (who attempted to assassinate US President Ronald Reagan). Jurors Mary Ann(?) Copeland and Nathaniel Brown(?) and FBI...
Jury trailing by police (1982)
- Genre
- News report
Tim Crook reports on the trailing of jurors by police in certain cases to prevent the distortion of evidence, and also examines the power of modern juries when compared with their historical precedents.
Jury nobblers jailed (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the conviction and jailing of a group found guilty of attempting to pervert the course of justice by bribery attempts and intimidation of the jury. Includes interview with David Goodwin, brother of...
Douglas Hurd on jury selection controls (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
Home Secretary Douglas Hurd says that the new controls on jury selection are common sense and not establishing a police state. Male interviewer not identified.
Kennedy rape trial jury selection begins (1991)
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- Interview; News report; Speech
The complex process has started of choosing an impartial jury for the rape trial of Senator Edward Kennedy’s nephew William Kennedy Smith. The judge in Palm Beach, Florida has set aside 4 weeks for the...
John Gotti mafia boss trial (1992)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Paul Woodley reports on the dramatic closing days of the trial of alleged mafia boss John Gotti in New York with one of the jurors being dismissed. Includes statements from defence lawyers Anthony Cardinale...