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But courts have only recently begun to issue guidance now that researching jurors and other courtroom players online is becoming an increasingly common practice.

District Local Civil Rule 47.2 allows the use of the Internet to research jurors and prospective jurors within the confines of information which is accessible to the public and information is available and accessible to the public so long as it does not result in send an access request or other contact.

Some may consider using social media to research jurors but hesitate because they don't know if they can ethically do so.Consider the following scenario.

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Cole shared in - depth details about his O.J. Simpson juror research and was open to discussing his approach to Black Panther.

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2010 Guest Juror, Mia Fineman, Senior Research Associate, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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America 2001 in Review: Highlighted Public Art Projects «Brute Neighbors,» Commissioned by Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport Atlanta Urban Design Committee, Award of Excellence in Public Art 1998 The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center Studio Program 1997 Fulton County Arts Commission 1982 Ford FoundatResearch Initiation Grant, College of Arts and Science, GSU Summer Research Grant, Welch School of Art and Design, GSU Juror Choice Award, Three Small Deaths, Seventh Annual Arizona State University Art Museum Short Film and Video Festival, Tempe, AZ 2002 Art In America 2001 in Review: Highlighted Public Art Projects «Brute Neighbors,» Commissioned by Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport Atlanta Urban Design Committee, Award of Excellence in Public Art 1998 The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center Studio Program 1997 Fulton County Arts Commission 1982 Ford FoundatResearch Grant, Welch School of Art and Design, GSU Juror Choice Award, Three Small Deaths, Seventh Annual Arizona State 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Over 11 percent of all of the jurors» comments about the attorneys were some form of the following statements: «Well prepared,» «Appeared to have done his research»; or, «Did not seem prepared,» «Wasn't on top of things.»

New research has shown that nearly half of jurors in rape cases come to a guilty verdict before deliberation,...

In a memorandum to district court judges, Judge Julie Robinson, the committee chair, wrote that the model instructions were developed to address the increasing incidence of jurors using such technology to conduct research on the Internet or communicate with others about cases, which has «resulted in mistrials, exclusion of jurors, and imposition of fines.»

The Palm Beach Post has an interesting article on the rise of «juror mischief,» i.e., jurors who revert to the «open book» mentality that governs most of their lives and conduct a bit of their own, basic research to help with their deliberations.

In Palm Beach, courts now warn jurors against using social media or doing any of their own Internet research before or after they are selected, before they begin deliberations, and each time the jury takes a break.

While acknowledging the lack of a Supreme Court rule on the extent to which a party is required to research a potential or actual juror, the court stated:

This feature come in handy when researching or updating information of seated jurors for reference during trial.

Lawyers in Louisville, Ky., are asking a federal judge to set aside a jury verdict exonerating a police officer in a Taser - related death because they say the jury foreman researched the case on the Internet and used what he found to sway other jurors.

It makes sense to research potential jurors, and social media makes it easier than ever.

Legal Research & Writing: Drafting Straight - Forward Jury Instructions — A paralegal's guide to using simple, clear language to improve your jurors» comprehension.

«It is reasonable to expect that the natural curiosity of some jurors and the ease and habit of Internet research might cause them to let their fingers do their walking into finding out about their cases outside of the courtroom,» he says.

As reported in The Recorder, the proposed rule was prompted by a jury - selection episode in June, when an entire panel of 600 jurors had to be excused after it was discovered that several had conducted their own online research into the case.

The court instructed the jurors not to show the indictment to anyone and not to do any research on their own.

Earlier this month in San Francisco, the Superior Court issued a proposed rule that would require potential jurors be given a reminder not to blog, tweet or conduct Internet research about cases.

New research has shown that nearly half of jurors in rape cases come to a guilty verdict before deliberation, indicating a predictive relationship between juror demographics, personal experience, and psychological make up — impacting upon verdicts in rape cases.

After conducting advanced analysis on the data obtained, being a victim of a sexual crime was shown to be a significant predictor of juror behaviour in rape cases, with the research revealing that jurors with personal experience of victimisation were four times more likely to convict in court, prior to deliberations taking place.

«Today we announce no hard and fast rule that all such types of internet research by a juror prior to trial without notice to the court and counsel automatically doom a jury's verdict.

Research into the effects of pretrial publicity show that those would - be jurors who admit to having been exposed to pre-trial publicity, but assert that they can be fair nonetheless, are actually MORE LIKELY to be biased against the defendant than those who admitted that they might have trouble being completely objective.

juror misconduct in Florida: jurors admitted to doing research on the Internet during drug trial.

The federal judiciary has issued new jury instructions aimed at deterring jurors from using the Web and social media to research or communicate about a case.

Social media now allows us to find out what people are thinking; in the US they can do research on the potential jurors before the trial.

The instructions, to be delivered by the judge at the outset of a trial and again before deliberations, tell jurors not to use the Web to conduct their own research about the case and not to use social media to talk about the case with anyone.

As reported by the New York Times (via the ABA Journal), Slutsky's blogging caught the eye of professor John Clark, of the University of Texas at Tyler, who was Googling around for research on juror behavior.

A whopping third of responding judges thought using social media to research prospective jurors was unnecessary.

When the use of Google to conduct research on potential jurors was brought to the attention of the trial judge, the court prohibited the research because no advance notice had been given and the judge wanted to create an «even playing field,» since the defendant's counsel was not conducting the same research.

A judge in Montgomery County, Maryland, denied a request to allow research of potential jurors because it could have a chilling effect on jury service if they knew they were going to be Googled as soon as they walked into the courthouse.

Outdated juror lists, rundown jury rooms that feel like jails, and growing time pressures on Americans are mostly to blame, their research has found.

One court has approved of using new technologies to research potential jurors.

At a more local level, the US District Court for the District of Idaho issued guidelines on social media research into jurors.

Even when judges do permit attorneys to use social media to research potential jurors, more than half said they require disclosure the court or opposing counsel.

In New York the pattern jury instructions now include a provision reminding jurors «It is important to remember that you may not use any internet services, such as Google, Facebook, Twitter or any others to individually or collectively research topics concerning the trial...» New Jersey and Florida have made similar provisions.

Of the 466 judges who responded, 120 said they prohibit researching prospective jurors on social media during jury selection.

A free CJER Online Course by the California Center for Judicial Education and Research uses a simulation format to provide legal and tactical information about handling hardship, cause, and peremptory challenges with prospective jurors in the context of a felony trial.

Which reasoning biases did judges and jurors both evidence, though judges to a lesser degree, in Viscusi's research?

The Committee on Court Administration and Case Management «developed these instructions to address the increasing incidence of juror use of such devices as cellular telephones or computers to conduct research on the Internet or communicate with others about cases,» wrote Judge Julie Robinson, committee chair, in a memo to district judges.

Note, however, that researching is allowed but contacting said juror is not.

In a high - stakes copyright fight pitting two Silicon Valley tech giants — Oracle and Google — against each other earlier this year, the presiding judge found the dangers of researching potential jurors on the internet outweighed any potential benefit in that case.

We have significant jury trial experience, having questioned and selected thousands of would - be jurors, researched and prepared hundreds of motions, and argued to juries on our clients» behalf in case, after case, after case.

Jury Research Begins Here Our detailed juror reports include a comprehensive background search from numerous databases, search engines, credit headers and other records.

Google and Oracle agreed on March 31, 2016, to the ban on all Internet research on potential and impaneled jurors until trial is complete.

They rely on jury consultants who are human behavior experts, helping attorneys research and select jurors and provide insight into juror behavior.

37 It cited Wikipedia itself as to how it is «openly editable,» as well as a number of federal court decisions «troubled by Wikipedia's lack of reliability» and ultimately concluded the government could not show there was «no reasonable possibility» that the jury's verdict was not impacted by the internet research.38 At least one federal court has followed Lawson to set aside another jury verdict based on a juror's research on the IRS website, which, although equally beyond the scope of the evidence at trial, is undoubtedly more reliable than a website like Wikipedia.39

She writes about the intersection between criminal law and legal ethics, and has researched the issue of using impermissable reasons (e.g., race or gender) to strike prospective jurors from the jury box.