1
a
: a member of a jury
b
: a person summoned to serve on a jury
2
: a person who takes an oath (as of allegiance)
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With closing arguments scheduled for Friday morning, jurors will soon begin deliberating Karen Read's fate after 31 days of testimony in her second trial over the death of Boston cop John O'Keefe, her former boyfriend.
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Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2025
Farber then sent jurors home for the day to give them time to cool down and instructed the foreperson to arrive in court separately on Thursday.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 13 June 2025
But her defense at trial has been more broadly focused on undermining the police investigation and offering jurors alternative theories for what, other than Read’s SUV, might have killed O’Keefe.
—Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 13 June 2025
On Thursday, the foreperson refused to return to the deliberation room with the other 11 jurors, leading Farber to declare a mistrial, the New York Times reported.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 12 June 2025
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Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2025
Farber then sent jurors home for the day to give them time to cool down and instructed the foreperson to arrive in court separately on Thursday.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 13 June 2025
But her defense at trial has been more broadly focused on undermining the police investigation and offering jurors alternative theories for what, other than Read’s SUV, might have killed O’Keefe.
—Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 13 June 2025
On Thursday, the foreperson refused to return to the deliberation room with the other 11 jurors, leading Farber to declare a mistrial, the New York Times reported.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 12 June 2025
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“Juror.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/juror. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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juror
noun
ju·ror
ˈju̇r-ər, -ˌȯr 
: a member of a jury
an alternate juror
broadly
: an individual who is summoned but not yet selected to serve on a jury
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