When Jurors Want to See the Whole Document

Time and again we hear from jurors befuddled with complex contractual issues at the heart of a case: ?I can?t decide anything until I read the whole document?I just know the lawyers left something out.? Easy for them to say, impossible for them to actually do considering the document at issue is quite often long enough to require being stored in multiple bankers boxes. So what is it that they are searching for? What is it that they believe is so critical that they are rendered incapable of comfortably reaching a verdict without scrutinizing the document for themselves?

DealBook: In Complex Trading Case, Jurors Focused on Greed

When Jurors Want to See the Whole Document

Time and again we hear from jurors befuddled with complex contractual issues at the heart of a case: ?I can?t decide anything until I read the whole document?I just know the lawyers left something out.? Easy for them to say, impossible for them to actually do considering the document at issue is quite often long enough to require being stored in multiple bankers boxes. So what is it that they are searching for? What is it that they believe is so critical that they are rendered incapable of comfortably reaching a verdict without scrutinizing the document for themselves?

On Day 8 of Deliberations, Priest Sex-Abuse Trial Jurors Ask About Intent, Conspiracy

As jurors in the Philadelphia priest sex-abuse trial ended their eighth day of deliberations, they asked the trial judge that if endangering the welfare of a child was the result of criminal conspiracy, does that crime have to have been the intent of participants in the conspiracy.

On Day 8 of Deliberations, Priest Sex-Abuse Trial Jurors Ask About Intent, Conspiracy

As jurors in the Philadelphia priest sex-abuse trial ended their eighth day of deliberations, they asked the trial judge that if endangering the welfare of a child was the result of criminal conspiracy, does that crime have to have been the intent of participants in the conspiracy.