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1998 House of Representatives approves two articles of impeachment, charging President Clinton with lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice
1998 President Bill Clinton testifies before a grand jury investigating his conduct (first president to do so), and admits an 'inappropriate relationship' with Monica Lewinsky 1998 Linda Tripp begins to testify before a grand jury about the Lewinsky case 1997 New York jury awards boxer Mitch Green $45,000 in civil lawsuit against Mike Tyson, for street brawl in 1988 1997 Jury selection in Terry Nichols Oklahoma bombing trial begins 1997 O. J. Simpson jury reaches decision on $25M in punitive damages 1995 O. J. Simpson trial sent to the jury 1994 Jury finds Heidi Fleiss guilty of running a call girl ring 1994 1st phase of O. J. Simpson murder trial jury selection ends (304 chosen) 1993 Jury reaches guilty verdict in Federal case against cop who beat Rodney King, but the verdict is not read until April 17th 1992 Cathy Bennett, jury selection expert, dies of breast cancer at 41 1992 Jury acquits Los Angeles police officers of beating Rodney King, riots begin 1992 Jury deliberations begin in Noriega case 1992 Jury selection begins in the Los Angeles cops beating Rodney King case 1990 Cincinnati jury acquits art gallery of obsentity (Mappelthorpe photos) 1990 Anchorage jury finds Captain Hazelwood innocent of Valdez oil spill 1989 In the Iran-Contra trial, Oliver North's case goes to the jury 1988 North Carolina federal grand jury indict PTL founder Jim Bakker on fraud and conspiracy 1988 Jury awards Valerie Harper $1.6 M in dispute over TV series 1988 Federal grand jury indicts North and Poindexter in Iran-Contra affair 1988 Panamanian General Manuel Noriega indicted by U.S. grand jury for drugs 1986 New York City jury indicts Gennadly Zakharov (Soviet United Nations employee) of spying 1986 New York jury rules NFL violated antitrust laws, awards USFL $1 in damages 1986 San Francisco Federal jury convicts Navy radioman Jerry Whitworth of espionage 1984 L.A. federal jury acquits auto maker John DeLorean on cocaine charges 1983 Jury in KC, Mo, awards TV anchorwoman Christine Craft $500,000 in sex discrimination suit against KMBC-TV (later overturned) 1983 Peter Potter, DJ (Peter Potter Show, Juke Box Jury), dies at 78 1982 South Bend, Indiana jury acquits self-avowed racist Joseph Paul Franklin 1982 Washington D.C. jury finds John Hinckley, Jr. innocent by insanity 1982 Federal jury rules NFL violates antitrust laws in preventing 1981 Fulton County (Atlanta) grand jury indicts Wayne B. William 23 year old photographers, for murder of 2 of 28 blacks killed in Atlanta 1981 Military jury in North Carolina convicts Robert Garwood of collaborating with enemy 1980 NY Federal jury finds Reps Thompson D-New Jersey and Murphy, D-NY, guilty 1980 Jury finds John Wayne Gacy guilty of murdering 33 in Chicago 1979 Johnny Rotten and Joan Collins appear together on BBC's Juke Box Jury 1978 Nevada jury rules Howard Hughes "Mormon Will" is a forgery 1977 Washington jury convicts 12 Hanafi Moslems on hostage charges 1975 Federal jury finds Lynette Fromme guilty of attempted assassination 1975 Jury can't decide on trial of Dave Forbes of Boston Bruins (1st athlete indicted for excessive violence during play) 1974 Grand jury concludes President Nixon is involved in Watergate cover-up 1974 Watergate grand jury indicts 7 presidential aides 1973 Jury finds Watergate defendants Liddy and McCord guilty on all counts 1971 Federal grand jury indicts Reverend Philip Berrigan and 5 others, including a nun and 2 priests, on charges of plotting to kidnap Henry Kissinger 1968 Kitty Kelly, actress (Ladies of Jury, Behind Office Doors), dies at 66 1967 Teamster President Jimmy Hoffa begins 8-year jail sentence for defrauding the union and jury tampering (commuted Dec 23, 1971) 1966 Dr. Sam Sheppard freed after 9 years in jail, by a jury 1964 Grand jury indicts Beckwith in murder of Medger Evers 1964 Dallas jury sentences Jack Ruby to death in Lee Harvey Oswald murder 1964 Jimmy Hoffa convicted of jury tampering 1953 "Juvenile Jury," TV Childrens, last airs on NBC, moved to CBS 1950 NY jury finds former State Department official Alger Hiss guilty of perjury 1936 Floyd Abrams, born in America, attorney, constitutional law expert, argued for famous cases, including the New York Times in the Judith Miller in CIA leak grand jury investigation 1925 Jury selection took place in John T Scopes evolution trial 1921 Chicago jury brings in not guilty verdict against the Black Sox 1920 Chicago grand jury indicts Abe Attell, Hal Chase, and Bill Burns as go-betweens in Black Sox World Series scandal 1920 Chicago grand jury convenes to investigate charges that 8 White Sox players conspired to fix the 1919 World Series 1918 Mickey Spillane, Frank, born in Brooklyn, New York, mystery writer, I the Jury 1915 Lyle Betther, Philadelphia, actor, Harry-Grand Jury, Lone Ranger 1902 Kitty Kelly, born in New York City, actress, Ladies of the Jury, Behind Office Doors 1868 Trial of Jefferson Davis starts; 1st blacks on U.S. trial jury 1735 Jury acquits John Zenger (New York Weekly Journal) charged with seditious libel by royal governor of New York (victory for Freedom of press) 1669 1st jury trial in Delaware; Marcus Jacobson condemned for insurrection and sentenced to flogging, branding and slavery 1657 1st autopsy and coroner's jury verdict is recorded in state of Maryland 1656 All female jury hears case of woman who killed her child (acquit her) |
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