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unusual facts about Juror's oath


Juror's oath

In Western Australia each jury has a choice to either "swear by Almighty God" or "solemnly and sincerely declare and affirm" to "give a true verdict according to the evidence upon the issue(s) to be tried by me."


1650 in England

23 September - Jeremy Collier, theatre critic, non-juror bishop and theologian (died 1726)

Berta Rosenbaum Golahny

Her thesis painting, The Resurrection, was awarded the Painting Prize by juror Ben Shahn.

Billy Pettinger

Pettinger's songs have appeared in A&E's Biography, Miami Ink, American Idol, Tragic Side of Fame, My 600 LB Life, Gene Simmons' The Family Jewels, Chelsea Settles, Sweet Home Alabama, 16 and Pregnant, Exes and Ohs, Arctic Air, Tori and Dean Home Sweet Hollywood, One Angry Juror, Alienated and Canada In The Rough.

Charles Cyphers

Cyphers' roles on the stage, both on- and off-Broadway, include 12 Angry Men...in which he portrayed "Juror #3" to Julie Cobb's "#2" (her father portrayed "#3" in the 1957 movie).

Conrad Vorstius

He also recruited the ex-Catholic Richard Sheldon, and the Catholic juror William Warmington, to write against him.

EarthSync

Laya Project won various awards (Founder's Choice Award at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, Best Film Award at the Byron Bay Film Festival, Special Juror's Choice Award at Zanzibar International Film Festival in Tanzania and the Audience Award at Imaginaria Film Festival in Italy) and is being screened at international film festivals in places such as Los Angeles, St. Petersburg, Tel Aviv, Mumbai and Kuala Lumpur.

Edward Anthony Hatton

He was probably the son of Edward Hatton, yeoman, of Great Crosby, Lancashire, who registered his estate as a Catholic non-juror in 1717, and whose family appears in the recusant rolls.

Emile Meyer

He also appeared on television, including a guest spot on John Payne's The Restless Gun and as a truculently stubborn juror opposite James Garner in the 1957 Maverick episode "Rope of Cards."

Fellows in American Letters of the Library of Congress

Pound was awarded the prize for The Pisan Cantos in 1949, despite objections by juror Shapiro (who had originally favored the award but then withdrew his vote) over the anti-Semitic nature of many parts the work Pound began while incarcerated in an American military prison in Pisa.

Frank Calabrese, Sr.

After the verdict, news came out that a juror had alleged that on August 27, 2007, Calabrese had said or mouthed, "You are a fucking dead man," to Prosecutor T. Markus Funk.

Harrison A. Williams

The lead juror confessed that had he been presented with evidence such as that developed by Dr. Roger W. Shuy of Georgetown University's Center for Applied Linguistics, he would not have found Williams to be guilty.

Jared Cohen

Cohen has been involved in the Tribeca Film Festival, serving as a juror in multiple categories over a number of years.

Jimmy Bondoc

Bondoc became a resident juror on the Philippine adaptation of the Sing If You Can franchise, Twist and Shout.

Jimmy Shea

Shea also was chosen by fellow athletes to recite the Athlete's Oath during the Opening Ceremonies.

Jiří Voskovec

His most famous American movie was as the 11th juror in 12 Angry Men with Henry Fonda - where being a very recognisable European immigrant to the US was central to his role.

Joan Chissell

She was a juror at the Sydney International Piano Competition in 1988 and 1992, and at other international music competitions.

John Kane

The next year, however, Kane found a champion in painter–juror Andrew Dasburg, who persuaded the jury to accept Kane’s Scene in the Scottish Highlands (Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh).

Jonathan Greenleaf Eveleth

He was a direct descendant of Joseph Eveleth, juror in the Salem Witch trial of John Proctor, and a second cousin of Theophilus Parsons, Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

Juries in England and Wales

The clerk then calls each juror individually to either affirm or to take the oath, reading from a printed card whilst, if taking an oath, holding a holy book in his right hand (New Testament for those Christians who will swear an oath; Old Testament for Jews; or Koran for Muslims).

Juror 13

Juror 13 is a one-shot American manga-inspired comic written and illustrated by D. J. Milky and published by Tokyopop.

Laya Project

Laya Project won various awards (Founder's Choice Award at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, Best Film Award at the Byron Bay Film Festival, Special Juror's Choice Award at Zanzibar International Film Festival in Tanzania and the Audience Award at Imaginaria Film Festival in Italy) and is being screened at international film festivals in places such as Los Angeles, St. Petersburg, Tel Aviv, Mumbai and Kuala Lumpur.

Miguel Franz Pinto

Pinto also worked as an accompanist and vocal coach with the Opera Australia and the Canadian Opera Company and was a frequent juror for the Enrico Caruso International Vocal Competition at Carnegie Hall.

Ondřej Hejma

He was also a juror in the first and third series of Česko hledá SuperStar program.

Peter Gill

Peter Gill, also known as Preet Sarbjit Gill, who had sex with Gillian Guess while he was on trial for murder and she was a juror, in Canada.

Pheoris West

He has also served on the National Endowment of the Arts Expansion Arts Panel, the International Juror National Exhibition of Zimbabwe, and the Ohio Arts Council.

Son Mi-Na

Shon also took the Athlete's oath with basketball player Hur Jae during the opening ceremonies of the 1988 Games in Seoul.

The Gods Are Athirst

Fiercely Jacobin, Marat and Robespierre's most faithful adherent, Évariste Gamelin soon becomes a juror on the Revolutionary Tribunal.

The Millionaire's Wife

The book was included in an NBC New York story in October 2013 about a juror in the trial of defendant Manuel Martinez.

The Rural Juror

The episode focuses on the release of Jenna Maroney's (Jane Krakowski) long-anticipated indie film, The Rural Juror, the tongue-twisting title of which Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) and the writers of TGS with Tracy Jordan cannot understand.

Thomas J. Cuddy

Cuddy, who by February 1889 was operating a saloon, was sentenced to six months in jail by U.S. Circuit Judge E.M. Ross, who found him guilty of contempt of court for having spoken to a juror about a tax case pending in Ross's court; Cuddy had asked that the juror favor the defendant.

Too Young to Die?

His sentence was reversed in May 1987, by the U. S. Supreme Court, in Gray v. Mississippi, 481 U.S. 648, on the basis "a qualified juror was excluded from his trial".

Warren Thompson

Warren Thomson, Australian pianist, music editor, music educator and piano competition juror


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