That is very commendable, but they have had to endure four days of a very public trial.
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"This is like any other material in a public trial, " argued Douglas Mirell.
"We want a very public trial so the evidence can come out and show people that the justice system works for everybody, " Crump added.
Chinese law generally requires trials to be public, and the official report of the proceedings ritualistically invoked the term "public trial" to describe the proceedings.
The people who ran the companies that brought us into this financial crisis should be held accountable with a public trial, if not a prison sentence.
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With the government's position hardening, Mr. Swartz realized that he would have to face a costly, painful and public trial, his girlfriend, Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman, said in an interview Sunday.
It includes the full presumption of innocence until proven guilty, public trial by jury, the hearing of oral evidence in open court and the creation of a prosecution service that is independent, rather than an arm of the police.
The Bill of Rights set out the bedrock principles that ultimately would become the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, including freedom of the press and the right to a "speedy and public" trial.
Monday's verdict goes some way to reassure the public that the trial process has not lost its way.
By last week, public interest in the trial had dwindled, but over the months the case did produce a number of startling allegations and soap opera-like revelations.
Into the chaos, the fumbling in the dark, an order is imposed as people form circles around performers, a troupe of acrobats, jugglers and escape artists, a comedian, a group of musicians, a story-teller... this is trial by public jury: if the performance falls flat, the tricks fail to amuse or the stories to amaze, the crowds move on.
She says the trial attracted much public attention because there were so many defendants, and most were Roman Catholics.
Worse, the chief public prosecutor announced before the trial had begun that he thought none of the accused had any case to answer.
What the tobacco wars show is how feeble even the most ruthless big businesses are compared with a newer force in American life: the alliance of citizen activists, public-health officials and trial lawyers.
In January 2012, a court decided Mr Duvalier should stand trial for embezzling public funds but ruled that the statute of limitations had run out on charges of murder, arbitrary arrest, torture and disappearances.
Reporting restrictions mean few details of the trial have been made public.
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It also meant that when the FDA finally did approve Provenge in 2010, it did so without a public meeting vetting that big clinical trial.
Nissen was able to do his Avandia analysis because Glaxo, in order to get then New York attorney general Eliot Spitzer off its back, agreed three years ago to put drug-trial results up for public viewing.
Unwisely, the court agreed to his demand that his six-day trial should be held in public.
Four constables and a custody sergeant were charged with manslaughter and misconduct in public office but were acquitted following a trial.
The 15-month trial and the divisions in public opinion it generated echoed the controversy that accompanied Mr Fujimori throughout his political career.
The research with CDX-110 is further along, but results from the first multicenter trial will not be made public until later this spring.
But prosecuting lawyer Orlando Gibbons, also speaking after the trial, said nudity in public would remain a crime until there was a change in the law.
Of course, it is early days and many comments are still trial balloons seeking to test public reaction as well as the sincerity of the other side.
The consequences of an innocent person having their name thrust into the public domain before the outcome of the trial is established, especially in this tabloid-ruled age, are potentially as tragic as those suffered by my friend.
That could mean the results are close, but Novartis will have to wait until the trial is finished to file with the FDA. Another expected interim analysis from a second clinical trial will not be made public as was previously planned.
Unlike the special court for Sierra Leone where the former Liberian president Charles Taylor is on trial, members of the public at the International Criminal Court (ICC) are on the same level as the court, and have an unobstructed view of the trial chamber.
Neither the public nor the media had access to the trial because of the defendant's age.
Rather than recruiting people directly, the 'mass participation' trial relies on members of the public volunteering.
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