Jury Duty
A trial jury is called a petit jury, but this is a jury that indicts.
a grand jury
A grand jury consists of 16 to 23 jurors.
On September 1, 1983, Korean Airline Flight 007 entered the airspace of this country and was shot down.
Soviet Union (or USSR)
The aircraft veered off course and flew over top-secret military installations. An American spy plane was flying near the commercial airliner, and it is possible that the Soviets mistook KAL 007 for the spy plane.
In this tune by the Young Rascals, they were doing this “on a Sunday afternoon” and “really couldn’t get away too soon.”
“Groovin’”
Before they were well-known, the band was called the Rascals. The record label changed their name to the Young Rascals, but they dropped the Young for good in 1968.
The bill that created the U.S. interstate highway system was signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in this year.
1956
The proper name of the interstate is the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways. One purpose of the highway system was to be able to quickly evacuate target areas in case of nuclear attack.
Iraq claimed this country was its province before Operation Desert Storm.
Kuwait
After storming Kuwait, Saddam Hussein annexed the country as a province of Iraq, in part to gain control over its large share of the global oil reserves.
A prospective juror can be charged with this offense for lying to the court.
perjury
There are four aspects of committing perjury: the declarant took an oath to testify truthfully, they willfully made a false statement contrary to that oath, the declarant believed the statement to be untrue, and the statement related to a material fact.
On December 3, 1984, a Union Carbide chemical plant experienced a leak that killed 3,000 people in the Bhopal region of this country.
India
Thousands of deaths and hundreds of thousands of injuries have been attributed to the leak.
The hit tune “Dominique” is written and was performed by this religious woman, who is portrayed in the 1966 film by the same name.
the Singing Nun/Jeannine Deckers
The song is about Saint Dominic, a Spanish priest and founder of the Dominican Order.
This New Year’s Day 1954 extravaganza was the first nationwide, color-television transmission in the United States.
the Tournament of Roses Parade
The parade is held in Pasadena, California.
In 2017, this autonomous area voted to break away from Spain.
Catalonia
The international community denied recognition, and the Spanish authorities put down the independence movement. Catalonia has its own culture and language.
This is the term for a proceeding brought before a military tribunal.
court martial
The laws governing court martials are the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).
On May 1, 1982, the World’s Fair opened in this city.
Knoxville, Tennessee
The World’s Fair was built in an old railway yard. The theme of the fair was “Energy Turns the World.”
In her 1964 hit tune, Petula Clark sings, “When you’re alone and life is making you lonely,” you can always go here.
downtown
“Downtown” became Petula Clark’s signature song and helped make her an international star.
In 1987, the Montreal Protocol, an international agreement, began phasing out this three-letter type of refrigerant determined to be causing the ozone layer of the atmosphere to erode.
CFC
CFC stands for chlorofluorocarbon. Newer compounds have replaced it.
This famous actor was married five times, this famous actress was married eight times, and they were married to each other twice.
Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor
Burton’s last wife, Sally, was reportedly incensed when a book revealed that her husband had written a letter to Elizabeth Taylor shortly before his death.
In federal criminal cases, the jury must return this type of decision.
unanimous
The 1972 case Apodaca v. Oregon allowed non-unanimous verdicts in state cases, but this was overturned in 2020 (Ramos v. Louisiana). Today, all states require unanimous jury verdicts in felony criminal jury trials.
On April 1, 1970, Richard Nixon signed the bill that killed advertising of these carcinogenic products on radio and TV.
cigarettes
The law took effect on January 2, 1971, and the last ad ran on The Tonight Show on January 1.
Tommy Roe suffered from vertigo that left his “head spinning like a whirlpool, it never ends” in his 1969 tune.
“Dizzy”
The song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became Tommy Roe’s biggest hit.
This music player uses bouncing laser light to read the music.
CD
DVD players use the same technology to read the contents of DVDs.
When the Beatles broke up, this member formed the band Wings.
Paul McCartney
After the Beatles broke up, McCartney went into a depression and formed the new band to “get back to square one.”
Juries are not always composed of 12 jurors; sometimes they seat only this number.
six
The Supreme Court has upheld six-person juries in some criminal and civil cases.
One day after his inauguration, President Jimmy Carter kept a campaign promise to pardon tens of thousands of people in this group, many of whom had fled to Canada.
(Vietnam War) draft dodgers
The Vietnam War was the most unpopular U.S. war of the 20th century.
This band sang about Sherry, Sherry baby in the 1962 hit tune “Sherry.”
(Frankie Valli and) the Four Seasons
“Sherry” was their first No. 1 hit and helped launch a string of chart-topping songs in the early 1960s.
The United States launched its first satellite in this decade.
the 1950s
Explorer I was launched in 1958. It was designed by James Van Allen, for whom the Van Allen radiation belt is named.
This company with the highest-price stock on the New York Stock Exchange has never allowed a stock split.
Berkshire Hathaway
The company’s Class A stock has never split. Today, a single share costs north of $700,000.