Oct 7th, 2008 · Jurors heard secretly-recorded telephone conversations Monday in the trial of Alaska Senator Ted Stevens. The calls were taped in 2006 with the consent of witness Bill Allen, who admitted under cross-examination he never tried to bribe the Alaska lawmaker. Stevens is charged with lying about money and gifts on financial disclosure forms.
Sep 9th, 2008 · In London on Monday, three British men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder in a terrorist bombing plot. But jurors failed to reach a verdict on whether they plotted to blow up multiple trans-Atlantic airliners with liquid explosives disguised as soft drinks.
Aug 11th, 2008 · The Guantanamo trial of Osama bin Laden's drivers ended last week in a startling defeat for the prosecution. Salim Hamdan was acquitted of conspiring with al-Qaida to attack the United States. One of the jury members says the prosecution failed to convince the jury that Hamdan was a hardened al-Qaida warrior.
Aug 10th, 2008 · This past week, a jury at the American base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, delivered a verdict and sentence in the first trial of a terrorism suspect by a U.S. military commission. This weekend, one of the jurors spoke to NPR about the trial of Salim Ahmed Hamdan.
Jun 14th, 2008 · In Australia, a drug conspiracy trial ended abruptly this week after the judge discovered jurors had been passing the time in court playing Sudoku. The trial cost Australian taxpayers about $1 million.
Mar 6th, 2008 · Jurors hear opening statements in the trial of indicted political fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko, who is accused of a slew of corruption charges. He's received national attention because of his relationship with Senator Barack Obama. Ben Calhoun of Chicago Public Radio reports.
Jan 17th, 2008 · A year after jurors convict a black man of raping and murdering a white woman on Cape Cod, they are called back into court -- to the witness stand. In a rare move, the judge in the high-profile, racially charged case is holding hearings on whether racial bias tainted the jurors' guilty verdict.
Dec 4th, 2007 · The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a murder case involving a black defendant and a jury from which all of the potential black jurors had been removed. The defendant was convicted and sentenced to death.