One Los Angeles case resulted in a $ 45 million jury verdict against the Ford Motor Company ; the resulting $ 30 million judgment ( after deductions for another defendant who settled prior to trial ) was affirmed on appeal in 2006.

On March 3, 2006, a federal jury in Trenton, New Jersey convicted six members of SHAC, including green-anarchist Joshua Harper, for " terrorism and Internet stalking ", according to the New York Times, finding them guilty of using their website to " incite attacks " on those who did business with Huntingdon Life Sciences HLS.

On April 4, 2006, Netflix filed a patent infringement lawsuit in which it demanded a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging that Blockbuster's online DVD rental subscription program violated two patents held by Netflix.

In November 2006, because he refused to testify before a federal grand jury after the court held that he had no legal basis for his refusal, he was held in civil contempt and imprisoned for his contempt of court by a Virginia district court judge.

In May 2006, the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia issued a subpoena to Al-Arian to testify before a federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, in an investigation into the alleged financing of terror by the Herndon, Virginia-based International Institute of Islamic Thought ( IIIT ).

In July 2006, a Ventura, California jury unanimously held that Keyes was entitled to almost one-half of Shaw's estate, or $ 1, 420, 000.

In 2006, he became the first Chinese director to preside the jury at the Cannes Film Festival.

An inquest jury in the United Kingdom before Assistant Deputy Coroner Andrew Walker returned a verdict of unlawful killing on 13 October 2006 following an eight-day hearing.

In 2006, the New Black Panther Party regained the media spotlight by intervening in the 2006 Duke University lacrosse team scandal, organizing marches outside Duke University and making numerous media appearances to demand that the jury organized by District Attorney Nifong convict the accused lacrosse players.

In 2006 an Alexandria, Virginia grand jury subpoena was issued to the Minaret of Freedom Institute seeking notes about the symposium on “ The United States and Iran: It ’ s Time to Talk ” that he moderated in 1999.

A Worcester, Massachusetts jury found Druce guilty of first-degree murder on January 25, 2006, after the jury rejected his insanity defense.

On July 26, 2006, a Texas jury found that Yates was not guilty by reason of insanity.

For example, the finalists of Expedition: Robinson acted as spokespeople in 2004, and in 2006 Fredrik Lindström announced jury tallies using the dialects of each region.

Katrine Gislinge has been a jury member at international piano competitions ,-in 2006 and 2008 at the Tivoli International Piano Competition.

On December 14, 2006, the judgment was overturned on appeal, citing legal mistakes in the jury trial, and a new trial ordered.

However, in August 2006, a grand jury began an investigation of the incident.

On January 16, 2006, Jeffrey Goodin, 45, an Azusa, California, man was convicted by a jury in United States district court in Los Angeles in United States v. Goodin, U. S. District Court, Central District of California, 06-110, under the CAN-SPAM Act ( the first conviction under the Act ), and on June 11, 2007, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison.

A fourth jury declined to impose the death penalty, and Tichnell died in 2006 of natural causes while serving a life sentence.

In 2006, the British the human rights organisation Reprieve made an appeal to Governor Bush for clemency on Maharaj's behalf, pointing out that the jury heard from none of Maharaj's alibi witnesses, who would have put him 25 miles away at the time of the murder ; that the prosecution ’ s star witness changed his story several times ; and that evidence has emerged since the trial that the murder victims were involved in money laundering and had links to drug traffickers, and that there are a number of alternative suspects with strong motives which were not considered at the time.

In a 4 – 2 ruling issued May 18, 2006, the Kentucky Supreme Court barred the grand jury from issuing further indictments against individuals covered by Fletcher's blanket pardon, reversing the Court of Appeals.

The grand jury issued its report on the investigation in October 2006, and a judge ordered it released to the public on November 16.

Shortly after Fletcher was indicted by the grand jury in 2006, Lieutenant Governor Pence announced that he would not be Fletcher's running mate during his re-election bid.

In 1927, during a court case over published claims that he had had improper relationships with some of these women, the jury unanimously found that the evidence " completely vindicated the high moral character of the late Mr. W. E. Gladstone ".

The inquest concluded on 13 February 1997, with the jury returning a verdict after 30 minutes ' deliberation of unlawful killing " in a completely unprovoked racist attack by five white youths "; this finding went beyond the bounds of their instructions.

It has been stated the jury verdict completely absolved Captain Buschmann of all fault for the crash.

Each British Glass Biennale features a completely new jury.

Birkett's speech turned the mood of the courtroom completely and an initially hostile jury decided to disregard the agreement of Mr. Dennistoun to pay ancillary relief to his former wife.

The trial jury completely rejected their testimony, however.

The constitutional guarantee that a trial on indictment for a federal offence must be by jury ( section 80 ) has been rendered virtually worthless because the High Court has decided that it is applicable only to a trial that proceeds formally by way of indictment, and it is completely in Parliament's discretion to decide which offences are triable on indictment and which are not.

After Hawash was formally charged, McGeady, acting as spokesman for Hawash's family, said " People who know Mike believe the idea that Mike would have fought for the Taliban in Afghanistan is completely absurd and that he ultimately will be cleared " and “ We hope that once a jury hears what happened, they ’ ll realize that a mistake was made .”

Chief Justice Vaughan, sitting on the Court of Common Pleas, discharged the writ, released them, called the power to punish a jury " absurd ", and forbade judges from punishing jurors for returning a verdict the judge disagreed with.

Although the original jury believed she was legally aware of her actions, they disagreed that her motive was spousal-revenge.

The jury disagreed and acquitted Owen.

In this instance the jury disagreed, but in April 1887 he was again imprisoned under Coercion and upon release he resumed agrarian agitation with a speech during a demonstration in September where O ’ Brien was on trial in Mitchelstown during which the crowd threw stones at the police who then shot three civilians, known as the " Mitchelstown massacre ".

`` This is one of the major items in the Fulton County general assistance program '', the jury said, but the State Welfare Department `` has seen fit to distribute these funds through the welfare departments of all the counties in the state with the exception of Fulton County, which receives none of this money.

Other witnesses, after appearances before the jury, which reportedly is probing into possible income tax violations, disclosed that government prosecutors were attempting to connect Stein and his company with a number of gangsters, including Glimco and Alex.

Lee said he had told the jury that he made an agreement in April with Stein to supply and supervise janitors in McCormick Place.

Leavitt, as he entered the jury room, said he was prepared to answer questions about the $12,500 his liquor firm paid to Stein for `` labor consultant work '' with five unions which organized Leavitt's workers.

Additionally, if a Defendant has been charged on an indictment with assault occasioning actual bodily harm ( ABH ), or racially / religiously aggravated assault, then a jury in the Crown Court may acquit the Defendant of the more serious offence, but still convict of common assault if it finds common assault has been committed.

He was acquitted, with the jury sympathetic to the wounds that Aeschylus and his brother Cynegeirus suffered at Marathon.

Under the Alford plea, the defendant admits that sufficient evidence exists with which the prosecution could likely convince a judge or jury to find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

Alford was faced with the possibility of capital punishment if convicted by a jury trial.

Simply the accent of syllables can leave a bewildered jury believing they must put their guard up with a witness – or in some cases the cross-examiner if they are not careful.

The band was charged with " distribution of harmful matter to minors ", but the trial ended with a hung jury.

The prosecution tried to present the poster to the jury in isolation for consideration as obscene material, but Judge Susan Isacoff ruled that the poster must be considered along with the music and lyrics.

In August 1987, the criminal trial was submitted to the jury with the two remaining defendants: Jello Biafra and Michael Bonanno ( former Alternative Tentacles label manager ).

In August 1987, the criminal trial ended with a hung jury.

Malice was defined for the jury as " conduct which is intended to cause injury or despicable conduct which is carried with a willful and conscious disregard for the rights of others ".

Grand juries were once common across Canada and old courthouses with the two jury boxes necessary to accommodate the 24 jurors of a grand jury can still be seen.

His defence was in vain ; his arguments were rebuked by Coke and Northumberland, and along with his seven co-conspirators, he was found guilty by the jury of high treason.

In many, but not all, United States jurisdictions that use grand juries, prosecutors often have a choice between seeking an indictment from a grand jury and filing a charging document directly with the court.

In 1863, the jury rejected Manet's The Luncheon on the Grass ( Le déjeuner sur l ' herbe ) primarily because it depicted a nude woman with two clothed men at a picnic.

Of those, 115, 800 resulted in post-mortem examinations and there were 28, 300 inquests, 570 with a jury.

From the beginning of the republic and in the majority of civil cases towards the end of the empire, there were tribunals with the characteristics of the jury, the Roman judges being civilian, lay and not professional.

Under the assize, a jury of free men was charged with reporting any crimes that they knew of in their hundred to a " justice in eyre ," a judge who moved between hundreds on a circuit.

These " peers of the accused " are responsible for listening to a dispute, evaluating the evidence presented, deciding on the facts, and making a decision in accordance with the rules of law and their jury instructions.

Some jurisdictions with jury trials allow the defendant to waive their right to a jury trial, this leading to a bench trial.