There is little evidence that the right to a jury trial is being widely abused.
Unlike with the current affair, Lay waived his right to a jury trial on the bank-loan charges.
The parents sued, saying the cap was an unconstitutional intrusion into their right to a jury trial.
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The Democrats waived their right to a jury trial and placed all their hopes with the judge.
Jiau was convicted at a jury trial in June and is scheduled to be sentenced on September 21.
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He pleaded not guilty to simple assault in that matter and has a jury trial scheduled for March.
Thanks in part to this kind of coercion, more than 90 percent of defendants waive their right to a jury trial.
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The result at Enron is well known: a failed company, ruined reputations and a jury trial that will wind up next week.
The Vaccine Court, although imperfect, is a much better model for handling complex medical claims than the roulette of a jury trial.
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Extradited to Memphis, he avoided a jury trial - and possibly the electric chair - by entering a guilty plea the following year.
The judge ruled Wednesday that Jackson lawyers have shown enough evidence that AEG Live hired and supervised Murray to warrant a jury trial.
Sass, who once worked as a U.S. government informant, had waived his right to a jury trial and asked Cook to decide the case.
Federal prosecutors lost a jury trial against two former Bear Stearns Cos. hedge-fund managers accused of lying to investors about how they invested their assets.
This is likely to cause as much, if not more, delay and expense as granting a jury trial at once to those who want one.
The domestic-abuse case was dismissed at a jury trial in 2010.
Mr Blakely appealed, citing his constitutional right to a jury trial.
The judge, in his ruling, called the Legion's interest in keeping the documents sealed "diminished" because the case isn't likely to go to a jury trial.
Because of this, those appearing in criminal trials do not have the option of a jury trial, which is common in the United States and other countries.
To answer the concerns of England's Lord Chief Justice, Mr Straw has had to agree to allow those denied a jury trial to appeal against the decision.
"A jury trial is not a free-for-all, " Justice Steven H.
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He alleges the SEC's administrative action would deny him his right to a jury trial and other procedural safeguards available if the case had been brought in civil court.
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Of more than 400, 000 defendants a year with the right to choose a jury trial, only 18, 500 do so and this number has halved in the past 10 years.
And a change in the law allowed plaintiffs to sue employers not just for back wages but also for damages, and gave them the right to a jury trial.
But the Fraud (Trials Without A Jury) Bill died a death after being blocked in the House of Lords by peers who felt the right to a jury trial was sacrosanct.
In January a jury trial began in the defamation suit brought by Dallas oil heir and real estate developer Hiram Walker Royall against Wright Gore III, whose family runs shrimp wholesaler Western Seafood in Freeport, Tex.
Judge Sim Lake, a by-the-books judge if there ever was one, will levy a verdict himself because Lay waved his right to a jury trial in hopes of a speedy decision on the bank fraud allegation.
On the other hand, a jury trial could take a long time and the airlines could be bankrupt -- or at least out of insurance money -- by the time a trial ended, according to congressional aides.
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