JURORS BEHAVING BADLY

A blog about the very small percentage of jurors who fail to follow the judge's instructions, including doing independent Internet research, using social media (such as Facebook) to contact parties and lawyers, and blogging about the trial. Juror misconduct frequently results in mistrials and a waste of resources. Links will be provided to sample jury summonses, jury instructions, and other resources to improve juror education and minimize juror misconduct, thereby promoting fairness of trials.

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

When Jurors Lie During Voir Dire: The High Standard to Overturn a Verdict

Here is a link to an article in Forbes from May 2012 which just so happens to have the same title as this blog and discusses the difficulty of overturning a verdict when it is discovered post-verdict that a juror had lied substantially during voir dire.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/insider/2012/05/02/jurors-behaving-badly/

Friday, August 24, 2012

Deliberating Juror Vacations in Cancun: Faces the Music on Return

Similar to the posting on May 25 and July 13 (juror goes on business trip), a juror during deliberations went on vacation, saying she left a note for other jurors with her vote. My question: have these people lost their minds?

Link: http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/runaway-juror-ditches-service-for-cancun-0i6irg1-166983106.html