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Ensuring An Impartial Jury In The Age Of Social Media, Amy J. St. Eve, Michael A. Zuckerman
Ensuring An Impartial Jury In The Age Of Social Media, Amy J. St. Eve, Michael A. Zuckerman
Duke Law & Technology Review
The explosive growth of social networking has placed enormous pressure on one of the most fundamental of American institutions—the impartial jury. Through social networking services like Facebook and Twitter, jurors have committed significant and often high-profile acts of misconduct. Just recently, the Arkansas Supreme Court reversed a death sentence because a juror Tweeted about the case during deliberations. In light of the significant risks to a fair trial that arise when jurors communicate through social media during trial, judges must be vigilant in monitoring for potential outside influences and in deterring misconduct.
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