They travel the country with overheated stories about runaway juries and jackpot justice.
When the grand jury does so the situation is called a "runaway" grand jury.
We don't have a problem with runaway juries.
Under present law, there exist ample restrictions on what you call runaway juries and irrational verdicts.
Mr. Cagney suggested that the indictment might have been made by a "runaway" grand jury not under the district attorney's control.
A lawyer for CSX blamed the award on a runaway jury.
Defense lawyers for CSX and other corporations saw the verdict as an example of a runaway jury.
But whereas a runaway jury poses a clear and present danger to that reliance interest, a runaway judge can pose an even greater peril.
We had a runaway jury here.
They'll say it was a runaway verdict from a runaway jury, and they'll fix it.