By Hayes Hunt and Brian Kint The Daugerdas case also shows the importance of continuing juror investigation beyond voir dire. Monitoring jurors’ social networking sites during trial and deliberations can reveal instances of juror misconduct as well. As social networking…
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Juror Misconduct and Social Media
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Trial and Social Media: Researching Potential Jurors
By Hayes Hunt and Brian Kint Social media is a mainstay in daily life. Over a billion people are registered users of Facebook. The Facebook logo and the logos of other social networking giants such as Twitter are quickly becoming…
Tagged with: Daugerdas, Juror Misconduct, jury selection, Social Media Law, Trial, Trial Practice, voir dire
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Juror Misconduct & Bias – Social Media Investigation
by: Hayes Hunt and Jonathan A. Cavalier Use of social media to explore the histories and potential biases of a jury pool is relatively new, but it is rapidly gaining in popularity. While voir dire can be an effective tool…
Juror Misconduct & Criminal Contempt. In California, Tweet and Go to Jail
In an effort to deal with the ever increasing misuse of social media at trial, the California Legislature amended the criminal contempt definition to include juror misconduct as outlined below. CA Assembly Bill 141. Signed into law by Gov. Brown…
Using Social Media to Track Juror’s Online Postings
By Thomas G. Wilkinson, Jr. and Lindsey E. Wilkinson Just as lawyers now routinely conduct due diligence on opposing parties’ social media pages (see our July 20 Sidebar post), some lawyers also are monitoring postings by jurors on social media…
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