Jurors

A jury on Thursday awarded $1 million US to climate scientist Michael Mann, who sued a pair of conservative writers 12 years ago after they compared his depictions of global warming to a convicted child molester.Mann, a professor of climate science at the University of Pennsylvania, rose to fame for a graph first published in 1998 in the journal Nature that was dubbed the "hockey stick" for its dramatic illustration of a warming planet.The work brought Mann wide exposure but also many skeptics, including the two writers…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Certain facial features—like downturned lips and a heavy brow—are known to make someone appear untrustworthy to others, even though these do not indicate a person's actual character. Such facial biases influence our everyday social interactions as well as high-stakes decisions, including who we hire, or elect to political office. …

The Georgia racketeering trial involving Young Thug and members of Young Slime Life was temporarily halted this week after images that showed the faces of some jurors leaked online. The judge asked members of the media to stop recording inside the courtroom because of safety concerns. Prosecutors have accused Young Thug, 32, whose given name is Jeffery Williams, and more than two dozen others of a conspiracy to violate Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. He also is charged with gang, drug and…

Each of the women who have accused Danny Masterson of raping them in the early 2000s said they feared two things: the once-beloved sitcom actor’s violent outbursts and the life-altering consequences they might face for opposing the powerful Church of Scientology.The controversial faith is not a defendant in Masterson’s second trial on rape charges. But its doctrines, the behavior of its members and even a church attorney have loomed over two weeks of testimony.“Like all predators, the defendant carefully sought out his…

SAN FRANCISCO—An attorney for investors who sued Elon Musk over his 2018 tweets proposing to take Tesla Inc. TSLA 1.39% private urged jurors to hold the billionaire accountable for the harm he said those statements caused. Nicholas Porritt made closing statements Friday on behalf of investors who have alleged that the Tesla chief executive violated federal securities law by…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeMarlee Matlin and fellow Sundance Film Festival jurors Jeremy O Harris and Eliza Hittman left the premiere of Magazine Dreams on Friday (20 January) night after subtitles failed to appear onscreen.CODA star Matlin has been deaf since she was 18 months old and has long been a spokesperson for the hearing-impaired community.Magazine Dreams tells the story of Killian Maddox (Jonathan…

Elon Musk is seeking to have a coming securities-fraud trial involving his conduct running Tesla Inc. TSLA 2.47% moved out of San Francisco, arguing that negative publicity surrounding his use and recent management of Twitter has biased local jurors against him. San Francisco’s jury pool has been “exposed to excessive and adverse pretrial publicity concerning Defendant Elon Musk that will deprive him of…

There’s no question that someone shot Megan Thee Stallion in the Hollywood Hills in 2020. Prosecutors have pointed the finger at Canadian hip-hop star Tory Lanez, whose real name is Daystar Peterson. They say the rapper was drunk and furious with the “Savage” hit-maker, whose real name is Megan Pete, after she insulted his career in a raucous argument inside an SUV.But during a contentious nine-day trial that has been replete with allegations of witness tampering, Peterson’s team has tried to shift the blame toward Pete’s…

Jurors in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial have not reached a verdict on the ninth day of considering the case. They won’t deliberate Thursday or Friday. The jury has requested for testimony to be read back Monday, when it will resume deliberations. It’s unknown whose testimony will be heard. Jurors — nine men and three women — started deliberating Dec. 2 after closing statements wrapped up that morning. They’ve been evaluating the case for roughly 37 hours. In real time, to press monitoring…

Nikola Corp. CEO Mark Russell told a New York federal jury Monday that he had concerns about joining the electric-truck company because he believed its founder, Trevor Milton, “was prone to exaggeration in public statements.” Testifying in Mr. Milton’s securities-fraud trial, Mr. Russell said that before coming on board in 2019 as president of Nikola, he and Mr. Milton reached an agreement that Mr. Russell would become the chief executive officer if Nikola became a publicly traded company. Mr. Russell…