2014 Event Protests erupt in New York and other U.S. cities after a grand jury does not indict a white police officer for choking to death an unarmed man, Eric Garner; New York Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to retrain the police force in conflict resolution 2014 Event A grand jury in St. Louis County reaches the decision that police officer Darren Wilson will not be indicted in the shooting death of Ferguson teenager Michael Brown; the decision sparked protests, looting and businesses being burned to the ground in St. Louis, as well as protests across the U.S. 2014 Event U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder flies to Ferguson, MO to inform residents that the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown will be investigated by the federal government; a separate county-appointed grand jury has already begun reviewing the case 2012 Event A California state jury rules that Samsung electronics owes Apple Inc. over $1 billion for patent infringement 1998 Event House of Representatives approves two articles of impeachment, charging President Clinton with lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice 1998 Event 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 Event Linda Tripp begins to testify before a grand jury about the Lewinsky case 1997 Event New York jury awards boxer Mitch Green $45,000 in civil lawsuit against Mike Tyson, for street brawl in 1988 1997 Event Jury selection in Terry Nichols Oklahoma bombing trial begins 1997 Event O. J. Simpson jury reaches decision on $25M in punitive damages 1995 Event O. J. Simpson trial sent to the jury 1994 Event Jury finds Heidi Fleiss guilty of running a call girl ring 1994 Event 1st phase of O. J. Simpson murder trial jury selection ends (304 chosen) 1993 Event Jury reaches guilty verdict in Federal case against cop who beat Rodney King, but the verdict is not read until April 17th 1992 Death Cathy Bennett, jury selection expert, dies of breast cancer at 41 1992 Event Jury acquits Los Angeles police officers of beating Rodney King, riots begin 1992 Event Jury deliberations begin in Noriega case 1992 Event Jury selection begins in the Los Angeles cops beating Rodney King case 1990 Event Cincinnati jury acquits art gallery of obsentity (Mappelthorpe photos) 1990 Event Anchorage jury finds Captain Hazelwood innocent of Valdez oil spill 1989 Event In the Iran-Contra trial, Oliver North's case goes to the jury 1988 Event North Carolina federal grand jury indict PTL founder Jim Bakker on fraud and conspiracy 1988 Event Jury awards Valerie Harper $1.6 M in dispute over TV series 1988 Event Federal grand jury indicts North and Poindexter in Iran-Contra affair 1988 Event Panamanian General Manuel Noriega indicted by U.S. grand jury for drugs 1986 Event New York City jury indicts Gennadly Zakharov (Soviet United Nations employee) of spying 1986 Event New York jury rules NFL violated antitrust laws, awards USFL $1 in damages 1986 Event San Francisco Federal jury convicts Navy radioman Jerry Whitworth of espionage 1984 Event L.A. federal jury acquits auto maker John DeLorean on cocaine charges 1983 Event Jury in KC, Mo, awards TV anchorwoman Christine Craft $500,000 in sex discrimination suit against KMBC-TV (later overturned) 1983 Death Peter Potter, DJ (Peter Potter Show, Juke Box Jury), dies at 78 1982 Event South Bend, Indiana jury acquits self-avowed racist Joseph Paul Franklin 1982 Event Washington D.C. jury finds John Hinckley, Jr. innocent by insanity 1982 Event Federal jury rules NFL violates antitrust laws in preventing 1981 Event Fulton County (Atlanta) grand jury indicts Wayne B. William 23 year old photographers, for murder of 2 of 28 blacks killed in Atlanta 1981 Event Military jury in North Carolina convicts Robert Garwood of collaborating with enemy 1980 Event NY Federal jury finds Reps Thompson D-New Jersey and Murphy, D-NY, guilty 1980 Event Jury finds John Wayne Gacy guilty of murdering 33 in Chicago 1979 Event Johnny Rotten and Joan Collins appear together on BBC's Juke Box Jury 1978 Event Nevada jury rules Howard Hughes "Mormon Will" is a forgery 1977 Event Washington jury convicts 12 Hanafi Moslems on hostage charges 1975 Event Federal jury finds Lynette Fromme guilty of attempted assassination 1975 Event Jury can't decide on trial of Dave Forbes of Boston Bruins (1st athlete indicted for excessive violence during play) 1974 Event Grand jury concludes President Nixon is involved in Watergate cover-up 1974 Event Watergate grand jury indicts 7 presidential aides 1973 Event Jury finds Watergate defendants Liddy and McCord guilty on all counts 1971 Event Federal grand jury indicts Reverend Philip Berrigan and 5 others, including a nun and 2 priests, on charges of plotting to kidnap Henry Kissinger 1970 Birthday Rachel Weisz, born in London, England, actress, model, appeared in films, 'About a Boy', 'The Constant Gardener', 'Constantine', 'Runaway Jury' 1968 Death Kitty Kelly, actress (Ladies of Jury, Behind Office Doors), dies at 66 1967 Event Teamster President Jimmy Hoffa begins 8-year jail sentence for defrauding the union and jury tampering (commuted Dec 23, 1971) 1966 Event Dr. Sam Sheppard freed after 9 years in jail, by a jury 1964 Event Grand jury indicts Beckwith in murder of Medger Evers 1964 Event Dallas jury sentences Jack Ruby to death in Lee Harvey Oswald murder 1964 Event Jimmy Hoffa convicted of jury tampering 1953 Event "Juvenile Jury," TV Childrens, last airs on NBC, moved to CBS 1950 Event NY jury finds former State Department official Alger Hiss guilty of perjury 1936 Birthday 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 Event Jury selection took place in John T Scopes evolution trial 1921 Event Chicago jury brings in not guilty verdict against the Black Sox 1920 Event Chicago grand jury indicts Abe Attell, Hal Chase, and Bill Burns as go-betweens in Black Sox World Series scandal 1920 Event Chicago grand jury convenes to investigate charges that 8 White Sox players conspired to fix the 1919 World Series 1918 Birthday Mickey Spillane, Frank, born in Brooklyn, New York, mystery writer, I the Jury 1915 Birthday Lyle Betther, Philadelphia, actor, Harry-Grand Jury, Lone Ranger 1902 Birthday Kitty Kelly, born in New York City, actress, Ladies of the Jury, Behind Office Doors 1868 Event Trial of Jefferson Davis starts; 1st blacks on U.S. trial jury 1735 Event Jury acquits John Zenger (New York Weekly Journal) charged with seditious libel by royal governor of New York (victory for Freedom of press) 1669 Event 1st jury trial in Delaware; Marcus Jacobson condemned for insurrection and sentenced to flogging, branding and slavery 1657 Event 1st autopsy and coroner's jury verdict is recorded in state of Maryland 1656 Event All female jury hears case of woman who killed her child (acquit her)
