How to Use trial jury in a Sentence

trial jury

noun
  • Jurors get picked for grand juries the same way they get picked for a trial jury.
    — Rafael Olmeda, sun-sentinel.com, 23 Apr. 2021
  • What is the difference between a grand jury and a trial jury?
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Those are the same charges that a trial jury found Misskelley guilty of in 1994.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 6 Sep. 2024
  • My several bouts of serving on trial juries have had a similar effect.
    — James Fallows, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2017
  • Bear in mind, moreover, that a grand jury, unlike a trial jury, is not being asked to find proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
    — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 14 Sep. 2019
  • Unlike the special grand jury, a trial jury will hear not just from the prosecutor but also from the defense.
    — Danny Hakim, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2023
  • If a grand jury won’t indict, a trial jury definitely won’t convict.
    — Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Arteaga remotely swore in a jury panel, from which a trial jury was to be selected to hear a case via Zoom.
    — Elizabeth Zavala, ExpressNews.com, 18 Sep. 2020
  • That is a lower standard than guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, which is required for a trial jury to convict someone.
    — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The trial jury rejected the original charge of first-degree murder.
    — Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2019
  • Trump was convicted by a trial jury of all 34 felony counts New York with which he was charged by prosecutors.
    — Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 June 2024
  • The judge also instructed the court clerk to supplement the number of prospective grand jurors with people who had been summoned to serve on a trial jury.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2019
  • Finkelstein said that prosecutors tend to gather as much evidence as possible to make a strong case before a grand jury and trial jury.
    — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 12 June 2023
  • That totaled 147 people – including two members of her trial jury.
    — Joe Hotchkiss, ajc, 29 May 2021
  • Adelstein claimed that because the trial jury was unable to reach a verdict, there’s reasonable doubt about guilt, meaning that the evidence doesn’t meet the high burden.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 12 May 2025
  • The Chauvin trial jury is composed of eight people who are white and six who identify as people of color, including four who are Black.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2021
  • The trial jury ultimately acquitted all three men of the conspiracy and obstruction counts.
    — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 21 Oct. 2022
  • More than two decades after the killing, Johnson wound up being charged with murder-for-hire, but he was found not guilty by a trial jury last year after less than an hour of deliberations.
    — Tom Jackman, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Unlike a trial jury which decides whether or not to find someone guilty of a crime, a grand jury is only tasked with deciding whether the government has enough evidence to indict someone.
    — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Leaving the racial composition of the jury unchanged from the previous day when only Black juror was selected for the trial jury panel.
    — Melissa Mahtani, CNN, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Their role is different from a trial jury, which is usually made up of six or 12 jurors and a couple of alternates to hear evidence and decide whether a person is guilty or not guilty.
    — Paula McMahon, Sun-Sentinel.com, 1 Mar. 2018
  • On Wednesday, the judge went further, ruling that Navarro cannot argue to the trial jury that a valid claim of executive privilege existed.
    — Paul Duggan, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The pre-trial jury selection and motion hearings started in April, and the trial itself is expected to last well into October.
    — Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 2022
  • By the Associated Press A grand jury is made up of people drawn from the community, similar to a trial jury.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Williams is Black and at the hearing, the man who prosecuted him, Keith Larner, was asked why the trial jury included just one Black juror.
    — CBS News, 12 Sep. 2024
  • The trial jury will decide whether the 31-year-old committed murder, a lesser offense such as manslaughter or criminally negligent homicide or no crime at all.
    — CBS News, 24 Sep. 2019
  • The criminal trial jury permits ordinary citizens to weigh in on the norms and application of the justice system in individual cases.
    — Bernadette Meyler, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Also at the hearing, the man who prosecuted Williams, Keith Larner, was asked why the trial jury included just one Black juror.
    — CBS News, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Meanwhile, nearly half the jurors who served on Lucio's capital trial jury in 2008 have spoken out against her execution in recent months.
    — Cady Stanton, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Multiple jurors who served on Lucio's capital trial jury in 2008 have spoken out against her execution in recent months.
    — Cady Stanton, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2022

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