Sentences with phrase «tweeting by jurors»

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The Michigan Supreme Court has laid the hammer down on gadget - happy jurors in banning all electronic communications by jurors during trial, including tweets on Twitter, text messages and Google searches.

While a majority of respondents found it unacceptable for lawyers, judges, and jurors to post updates about proceedings (by posting «status updates», «tweeting», blogging, etc) on online social networks while a matter is pending before the courts strictly for informational purposes, the majority deemed the conduct acceptable for journalists.