This document is page 8 of a juror questionnaire filed on February 24, 2022, for Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE (United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell). It displays responses from Juror ID 50, who answers 'Yes' to three standard voir dire questions (12, 13, and 14) regarding the defendant's right not to testify, the obligation to decide based solely on evidence, and the separation of the verdict from punishment considerations. The document bears a Department of Justice Bates stamp.
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| United States District Court |
Implied by the case number header 1:20-cr-00330-PAE.
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| Department of Justice (DOJ) |
Indicated by the Bates stamp DOJ-OGR-00009075.
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"The law provides that a defendant in a criminal case has an absolute right not to testify, and that a juror cannot hold it against the defendant if she chooses not to testify."Source
"A juror is required by law to make his or her decision based solely on the evidence or lack of evidence presented in Court, and not on the basis of conjecture, suspicion, bias, sympathy, or prejudice."Source
"Under the law, the question of punishment is for the Court alone to decide, and thus the issue of punishment must not enter into your deliberations..."Source
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