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Thomas J Foley III

2014

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Pennsylvanians' Constitutional Right To Juries Free Of Any Suspicion Of Partiality In Danger?, Thomas J. Foley Iii Jul 2014

Pennsylvanians' Constitutional Right To Juries Free Of Any Suspicion Of Partiality In Danger?, Thomas J. Foley Iii

Thomas J Foley III

Jury selection is the critical beginning, and all too often the untimely end, to any “fair” civil or criminal jury trial. Some Pennsylvania trial judges give short shrift to litigants’ challenges both for cause and peremptory, and improperly empanel potential jurors despite possible biases and prejudices revealed during voir dire. These trial judges jeopardize the Pennsylvania constitutional right to a fair trial before an ostensibly unbiased jury, one free of any suspicion of partiality. They not only endanger the rights of the litigants themselves, but threaten continued acceptance of the laws by litigants and by the public at large. Three …


Pennsylvanians' Right To Trial By Jury In Peril? The Tale Of Three Appeals, Thomas J. Foley Iii Jun 2014

Pennsylvanians' Right To Trial By Jury In Peril? The Tale Of Three Appeals, Thomas J. Foley Iii

Thomas J Foley III

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