Sentences with phrase «number of mistrials»
Lawyers are mining social networks for evidence, the federal jury instructions have been amended in an attempt to reduce the number of mistrials across the country due to jurors» social media posts, and lawyers are even losing their jobs because of their careless social media postings.
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As a result, a mistrial is a very distinct possibility, and now Garcetti really is worried about his poll numbers, foreseeing a year's worth of work and $ 6 million of taxpayer money about to be flushed down the drain.
There has been a growing number of incidents in the United States where lawyers have asked the presiding judge at a trial to disqualify a juror for misconduct or to declare a mistrial because of what jurors have posted on their personal blogs, Twitter accounts or Facebook pages.