| 单词 | jury tampering |
| 释义 | > as lemmasjury tampering jury tampering n. the action of influencing or attempting to influence the deliberations or verdict of a jury during the course of a trial, typically by bribery, coercion, or intimidation of one or more of its members; cf. witness tampering n. ΚΠ 1871 N.Y. Herald 12 Dec. 8/1 Illegal registration punished—the jury tampering case—decisions. 1928 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 22 944 The Fall-Sinclair jury was dismissed because of jury tampering. 1965 Los Angeles Times 30 July 1/3 An eight-year prison sentence imposed upon Teamsters Union President James Hoffa for jury tampering was unanimously affirmed..by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. 2004 H. Kennedy Just Law (2005) iv. 115 If there is jury tampering it needs to be tackled head on. There are existing common law powers for a judge to intervene, stop a trial and order a retrial before another jury often hundreds of miles away. < as lemmas |
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