An Australian juror in a rape trial revealed details of the case (including the victim's name and details about deliberations) in which he was sitting to a Facebook Messenger group. Worse yet, and not anticipated by the miscreant, a member of the Facebook group (5 men) contacted the victim and said that the evidence against the defendant was weak. The Facebook member accused the victim of making false allegations, that there was no forensic evidence and was wasting taxpayers money. The victim contacted police. This person ultimately plead guilty to stalking and was fined $8000. The bad-behaving juror was fined almost $15,000 (U.S. equivalent). As quoted by ABC News, the judge said the juror "interfered with the administration of justice' and "breached the confidentiality of the jury room." Pretty mild. How about his misconduct led to the re-victimization of the victim?
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