Such is the assumption of aNYTimes art object today , which identifies a rearing increase in declared mistrials due to jurors pollute themselves with cyberspace research into the case — sometimes from their phones , in the courtroom .
It ’s something we take for grant , but one of the major premises of our judicial system is that jurywoman can not subject themselves to any information about the trial or its affect party that is n’t specifically present to them by the plaintiffs or the defendant themselves . Back in the olden days , that was n’t such a huge trouble , as adept citizens on jury tariff were n’t likely to break off to direct to the libary to search the intricacies of corporate law . Nor were they write their thoughts every few transactions to the greater world .
But that ’s exactly what may reverse a $ 12.6 million judgment in Arkansas because juryman
Jonathan Powell was bump to have Twittered detail of the tryout :
oh and nobody corrupt Stoam . Its bad mojo and they ’ll probably cease to Exist , now that their wallet is 12 m lighter
So Johnathan , what did you do today ? Oh nothing really , I just give away TWELVE MILLION DOLLARS of somebody else ’s money .
This is just one of several cases used to instance the big trend , and all regard direct access code to Facebook , Twitter , Wikipedia and other enquiry tool . And unfortunately , there is no contiguous solvent , as justice ca n’t define exactly what juror can not do ( in the same way you ca n’t tell a child to NOT eat that delicious bucketful of dirt ) .
The whole issue is something I never would have call up of , but indeed does make perfect sense . [ NYTimes ]
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