"Guilty As Tweeted": Australian Lawyer's Scholarly Article on Jurors and Social Media

Link is to abstract, with additional link to the entire article:

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2176634&download=yes

The article is lengthy and detailed, but one suggestion from the author is that the court confiscate phones during the trial day.  I oppose such action because (1) court administrators likely won't want responsibility for electronic devices, fearing claims someone's phone was stolen or tampered with; (2) it will have the adverse effect of encouraging juror inquiry on social media and the Internet when not in trial.