If you are interested in learning how jurors on the internet (and in social media) have had negative impact on trials, check out our article in The Jury Expert here: http://www.astcweb.org/public/publication/article.cfm/1/21/6/Why-Jurors-Turn-to-the-Internet
There are really good reasons to not want this to happen--and you wouldn't want this sort of issue coming up if you were the one on trial. Hope you'll visit!
Rita Handrich, Editor, The Jury Expert
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Why jurors on the internet don't work
If you are interested in learning how jurors on the internet (and in social media) have had negative impact on trials, check out our article in The Jury Expert here: http://www.astcweb.org/public/publication/article.cfm/1/21/6/Why-Jurors-Turn-to-the-Internet
There are really good reasons to not want this to happen--and you wouldn't want this sort of issue coming up if you were the one on trial. Hope you'll visit!
Rita Handrich, Editor, The Jury Expert