21. Even before former Los Angeles Police detective Mark Furhman exposed the dark underside of the police culture, skepticism about law enforcement was palpable in the jury room. 22. For many jurors, jury duty is spent in a stuffy, crowded jury room waiting to be called for a trial. 23. How about serving pizza and coffee in the jury room, for instance? 24. I was on a jury for a manslaughter case and we got into this terrific, furious, eight-hour argument in the jury room. 25. In the jury room, they discussed many things that annoyed them during the course of the trial. 26. In the jury room, two jurors held out for one day. 27. It is not uncommon to find prospective jurors scanning the morning newspaper in the jury room prior to being instructed by a judge. 28. It seems an open-and-shut case as the men file into the cramped, humid jury room as the temperature soars and the air conditioner goes on the blink. 29. Ito directed that a copy of his proposal be given to interested parties and posted in the jury room. 30. Jurors are also not allowed to contemplate sentencing -- even when they are inside the jury room. |