Buried in an article in the Wall Street Journal today about a hung jury in the criminal trial of a former CIA employee, Joshua Schulte, who allegedly stole secrets and gave them to Wikileaks, is this reference:
"...one (juror) was dismissed during deliberations last week for reading news coverage of the case..."
The federal government must be concerned that it is spending millions to prosecute serious (El Chapo and Tsarnaev) criminals and lesser (Schulte) criminals only to be possibly thwarted by juror misconduct. It's a serious problem in federal and state courts and seems to be continuing unabated.
"...one (juror) was dismissed during deliberations last week for reading news coverage of the case..."
The federal government must be concerned that it is spending millions to prosecute serious (El Chapo and Tsarnaev) criminals and lesser (Schulte) criminals only to be possibly thwarted by juror misconduct. It's a serious problem in federal and state courts and seems to be continuing unabated.
