1
a
: a member of a jury
b
: a person summoned to serve on a jury
2
: a person who takes an oath (as of allegiance)
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In that case, finding a panel of jurors unopposed to capital punishment took around five months, indicating Mangione’s federal trial could play out late into Trump’s second term.
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Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2025
In a surprise twist this week, Read added one of the alternate jurors from her first trial to her legal team for the retrial.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2025
State of play: Jury selection begins after the courts spent some 10 weeks finding hundreds of prospective jurors, NBC Boston reported.
—Steph Solis, Axios, 31 Mar. 2025
At least one deliberating juror from the first trial submitted an affidavit to the court detailing reasonable fear for the safety of their family should the list of jurors be made available to the public.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 31 Mar. 2025
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Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2025
In a surprise twist this week, Read added one of the alternate jurors from her first trial to her legal team for the retrial.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2025
State of play: Jury selection begins after the courts spent some 10 weeks finding hundreds of prospective jurors, NBC Boston reported.
—Steph Solis, Axios, 31 Mar. 2025
At least one deliberating juror from the first trial submitted an affidavit to the court detailing reasonable fear for the safety of their family should the list of jurors be made available to the public.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Juror.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/juror. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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juror
noun
ju·ror
ˈju̇r-ər, -ˌȯr 
: a member of a jury
an alternate juror
broadly
: an individual who is summoned but not yet selected to serve on a jury
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