11.   But the defense maintained that prosecutors wanted to dismiss the juror because they feared she would favor the defendants, who are also black.

12.   But years later, his conviction was overturned when the Court of Criminal Appeals ruled a potential juror was improperly dismissed from his trial.

13.   Chemerinsky noted that there have been allegations of impropriety by the prosecution and accusations that Ito dismissed some jurors too soon.

14.   Decisions to dismiss potential jurors for cause have been made in chambers.

15.   Does it conflict with a recent decision in a Tucson case that strengthened judicial discretion in dismissing jurors from trial juries?

16.   He also released another batch of transcripts pertaining to dismissed jurors.

17.   He also questioned the motives behind dismissing the jurors.

18.   He told lawyers in the case that he saw nothing unusual when reviewing the videotapes, but he ultimately dismissed the juror anyway.

19.   In just about every county outside New York City, jurors are dismissed after one day unless they are picked for a trial.

20.   In the civil case, six jurors were dismissed, with the causes ranging from sleeping in the courtroom to failing to disclose possible conflicts of interest.