Cyberlaw, Department of Justice, Jury Duty, Military / Military Law, Technology, Trials

Finding an Impartial Jury For Bradley Manning Is Going to Be… Difficult

As the Bradley Manning court-martial continues stutter-stepping forward, the attorneys involved in the case struggle with jury selection.

California, Facebook, Jury Duty, Reader Polls, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Technology

There Has Got to be a Better Way to Keep Jurors Off Facebook

Hey, jurors, turn your phones off. Turn them off!

Crime, Jury Duty, Rape, Technology

Child Sexual Assault Conviction Tossed Because of Juror’s ‘Online Cultural Research’

Juror misconduct by internet can lead to mistrials, and it’s becoming increasingly (and unfortunately) more common. Last month the Vermont Supreme Court overturned an unsettling child sexual abuse conviction because the juror conducted his own research about the Somali Bantu culture central to the parties in the case. What a mess…