The Hidden Trauma of Jury Duty

People who serve on disturbing cases can suffer mental health effects for years after a trial ends.

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A Judge Gave a One-Word Answer. It Torpedoed the Etan Patz Case.

After an appeals court overturned a conviction, prosecutors must decide whether to retry a man in the notorious 1979 child killing for a third time.

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D.A. Who Led Etan Patz Case Says Conviction Reversal Came as a Shock

Cyrus Vance prosecuted Pedro Hernandez twice. An appeals court overturned the conviction, ruling that the trial judge should not have let jurors consider an improper confession.

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The Missing Boy Whose Case Keeps Coming Back

Etan Patz’s face stared out at America. His disappearance shaped childhoods for decades.

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Alabama Violated Constitutional Rights of Death Row Inmate, Appeals Court Rules

A federal appellate panel said that Michael Sockwell was eligible to be retried because prosecutors systematically eliminated Black potential jurors at his 1990 murder trial.

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Karen Read Trial: Jury Begins Deliberations

The Boston-area woman was accused of killing her police officer boyfriend in 2022.

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These Robots Do Windows

Ozmo, a system for washing windows, is safer and faster than humans, its company president says.

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Inside the Jury Room at the Weinstein Trial, Rancor and Recrimination

As the panelists deliberated over whether the former Hollywood mogul should be convicted of sex crimes for a second time in Manhattan, accusations began to fly.

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Judge Ordered Jury in Weinstein Trial to Cool Down Amid Infighting

Harvey Weinstein said infighting in the jury was denying him a fair trial.

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Weinstein Juror Complains to Judge About ‘Playground Stuff’ by Others

A member of the jury at Harvey Weinstein’s Manhattan retrial on sex crime charges said that another had become the subject of a “bit of a shunning” during deliberations.

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