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.

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Mistrial in Murder Trial Where Canadian Juror Posts on an Anti-Defendant website

In this week of the Olympics we find that juror misconduct involving social media, just like the Olympic sports, is not confined to the U.S. The Canadian murder trial of Fred Prosser has resulted in a mistrial over a juror posting on an anti-Prosser Facebook site.
LINK: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2012/07/18/nb-prosser-trial-929.html

JURORS BEHAVING BADLY

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Mistrial in Murder Trial Where Canadian Juror Posts on an Anti-Defendant website

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