Friday, March 30, 2012

Privacy Rights of Jurors Who Use Social Media During Trial?

Linked below is an interesting take on the (possible) privacy rights of jurors who use social media to comment on a trial during their service.

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-03-29/hey-judges-facebook-isnt-the-devil-its-the-new-gossip

See also appellate case involving requests by defendants to see Facebook postings of jury foreperson:

http://www.law.com/jsp/lawtechnologynews/PubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1332691957182&Facebooking_Juror_Sets_Fair_Trial_Rights_Against_Privacy_Concerns&slreturn=1

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