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Sequestered Jury. 2 LAW another word for SEQUESTRATE See Verb table sequester sequester 2 noun countable. In so-called high-profile criminal prosecutions involving major crimes events or persons given wide publicity the jury is sometimes sequestered in a hotel without access to news media the general public or their families except under supervision in order to prevent the jury from being tainted by. Occasionally however jurors are sequestered for weeks. The jury may be sequestered in a high-profile case or they may be sequestered when it is believed the case is one that would be likely to lead to jury tampering or threats against the members of the jury.
Sequestration has fallen so far out of favor that judges rarely bother anymore. Courts view sequestration as a great burden on the personal lives. A jury is sequestered in a hotel where it has to decide Millers fate while his young lawyer Danny Firmin starts to put together what seems to be pieces of a conspiracy. Simpson case in which jurors were sequestered for a record 265 days. To keep separate or apart. Sequestered juries have been used in many of the biggest trials of the last decade including for Casey Anthony and George Zimmerman.
2 LAW another word for SEQUESTRATE See Verb table sequester sequester 2 noun countable.
Sequestered is an American web television series created by Aaron Tracy. The jury in OJ Simpsons trial was sequestered for 265 days. Occasionally however jurors are sequestered for weeks. The integrity of the jury is the primary responsibility of the trial judge18 To maintain that integrity the trial judge has discretionary authority to order sequestration of the jurors whereby the jurors are isolated from contact with their families or the general public until after they reach a verdict or determine that they are incapable of reaching a verdict19 The historical custom has. Sequestering a jury can help prevent bribery. From Longman Business Dictionary sequester sequester 1 sɪˈkwestə-ər verb transitive formal 1 to make a group of people such as a JURY stay away from other people The jurors were sequestered under guard for the remainder of the trial.