| The absence of time and dissension over selecting a foreperson may enable the jury to devote its attention to dissenting on more important issues. |
| Their duty is finished and the judge will discharge them when the foreperson announces the jury's verdict in open court. |
| It took them half the day to deliberate, but they said most of the time was spent choosing a foreperson. |
| And I looked behind me and I realized that the person sitting directly behind me was the foreperson. |
| Normally, questions from the jury are part of the public record since they are submitted in writing by the jury foreperson. |
| When the jurors reach a verdict, the foreperson announces this decision to the court. |
