A man has been fined £1,000 and could face jail time after refusing a summons to serve as a juror due to his beliefs as a ...

This is a fundamental part of the legal system because it ensures that a person’s guilt or innocence isn’t decided solely by a judge or ... While jury duty is a civic obligation, there are some ...

Please excuse any typos. Times listed below are ... He is paid hourly and they can not pay him for jury duty. Judge says court could pay up to $300 per day and asks if that still creates a hardship.

The U.S. and California Constitutions protect the right to a jury trial in all criminal cases and most civil lawsuits.

Yet, the salient question looms: From what constitutional, statutory or common law source does a federal district court judge, or Circuit Court of Appeals retain the jurisdictional authority to ...

Two letter writers take issue with Sen. Ron Johnson's comments that federal judges are overstepping constitutional boundaries ...

The latest group consist of unelected district court judges, of which there are hundreds, wielding their gavels like dictators in numerous jurisdictions around America. Thanks to the popularity of ...

An increase in the number of complex trials and jury trials, plus a chronic judge shortage caused delays for civil and family trials in B.C. Supreme Court last year. The court’s 2024 annual ...

A suspended magisterial district judge is so well-known in Dauphin County that a local jury could not possibly render a fair and impartial verdict at her trial next week, the Pa. Supreme Court ...