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.

Friday, June 19, 2015

One Misbehaving Juror Goes to Jail While Another is Fined $4000

One misbehaving juror goes to jail for keeping trial notes on his phone...http://www.journalnow.com/news/state_region/juror-sent-to-jail-for-days-for-using-cellphone/article_ecd979b4-6d2e-501c-a291-7583c96c5e64.html

...while another in Vermont is fined $4,000 for reading newspaper articles about the trial...

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/14/trial-juror-who-read-newspaper-fined-4000/71233204/

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