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Jury Weighs Death Penalty in Home Invasion Murder Trial

(Nov. 5) -- A Connecticut jury has begun deliberations in the triple murder trial of Steven Hayes and will soon decide whether the man convicted of killing a Connecticut woman and her two daughters in a brutal 2007 home invasion should be put to death. Prosecutors have called for the death penalty in the emotional,...

Testimony Ends in Conn. Home Invasion Murder Trial

(Sept. 29) -- The testimony got so awful that after the worst of it, the judge told jurors they could hug each other. Testimony in the murder trial of Steven Hayes ended Tuesday with both sides resting. Hayes, 47, and Joshua Komisarjevsky, 30, are charged with murder, sexual assault and other charges in the 2007 home...

Foreman: Holdout Blago Juror Said It Was Politics

(Aug. 18) -- Rod Blagojevich appeared to have at least one key juror in his corner, who believed the former Illinois governor was simply engaging in politics as usual rather than anything illegal. Jury foreman James Matsumoto, appearing on NBC's "Today" show this morning, said some of the votes were 11-1 in favor of...

Background on jury

A jury is a sworn body of people convened to render an impartial verdict (a finding of fact on a question) officially submitted to them by a court, or to set a penalty or judgment.

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