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The judge in Zacarias Moussaoui's death penalty trial admonished jurors Friday to avoid looking up words in the dictionary after learning that one went on the Internet to see what "aggravating" means.

TROY — The jury is still out on murder defendant Adrian Thomas after nearly 20 hours of deliberations. The dozen jurors will resume examining the evidence against the 27-year-old this morning, as they ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Just after noon Pacific Time on Wednesday, Judge Susan Illston briefly reconvened Courtroom 10 on the 19th floor of the U.S. District Court to SAN FRANCISCO -- Just after noon Pacific ...

After deliberating for only a few short hours today, the jury in the felony sexual-assault retrial of Bill Cosby had a key question for the court. Just after lunch at approximately 1 p.m., the jury ...

The jury in the Chandra Levy murder trial sent out a note asking for a legal definition of "assault" Friday, NBC Washington's Pat Collins reported. Judge Gerald Fisher told the jury that any physical ...

The jury in the criminal trial against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort sent a note to the judge asking him to redefine “reasonable doubt” and answer three other questions as their first ...

NORRISTOWN, PA (AP) – Jurors considering the fate of Bill Cosby at his sexual assault trial asked for a definition of “reasonable doubt” on their fifth day of deliberations Friday, a day after telling ...

If they get their way, lawyers for Sen. Bob Menendez will have a federal judge tell jurors that senators are people too, that giving them gifts and lavish hospitality is not a crime even if you're ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — On Friday, the second day of jury deliberations in the Jeremy Christian trial, the jury asked the judge for a clarification on a jury Instruction. The clarification had to do with ...

NORRISTOWN, Pa. – The jurors in Bill Cosby’s sexual-assault retrial wrapped their first day of deliberations shortly before 10 p.m. without reaching a verdict. The jury began deliberating early ...