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The new language for jurors in California: plain English |
August 28, 2005 Californians have a knack for mangling the English language - you know, like, chill, dude - but they are suddenly sounding more like its guardians. At least in the halls of justice.
Full Story: www.nytimes.com/2005/08/28/national/28calif.html
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If OK'd, manual may make service easier |
August 21, 2005 One of the most important moments in any trial comes near the end, when judges clear their throats, take a deep breath and begin reading from a thick stack of jury instructions.
Full Story: www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20050821-9999-1m21newjury.html
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More and More, Expert Witnesses Make the Difference |
August 19, 2005 Trial lawyers may be the peacocks of the courtroom, strutting before a judge or jury and making arguments with a sense of drama and style, but often these days it's a tweedy professor, explaining some impossibly arcane subject in plain English, who may make the difference.
From: www.nytimes.com/2005/08/19/business/19legal.html
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Instructions, All 98 Pages, May Be Slowing Jackson Jury |
June 12, 2005 Jurors have spent five days deliberating criminal charges of child molesting against Michael Jackson and lawyers say the panel may well spend more than two weeks weighing Mr. Jackson's fate, given the length of the three-month trial and the sheer volume of testimony heard.
Full Story: www.nytimes.com/2005/06/12/national/12jackson.html
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