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.

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Juror Researching Penalty Causes Mistrial of Rape Case

Juror said he fell back into old work habits by researching the penalty in the rape case. He disregarded the judge's admonitions, causing a mistrial after a 5-week trial. The poor victim must go through the anguish of testifying once again.

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2022703634_jurorsinternetxml.html

JURORS BEHAVING BADLY

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Juror Researching Penalty Causes Mistrial of Rape Case

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