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U.S. Federal Courts Tell Jurors Twitter, Facebook and Texting Verboten

8 hours ago ago from Library Boy

Wired Magazine is reporting that the Judicial Conference of the United States, the body that develops policy for federal courts in that country, has proposed new model jury instructions that explicitly ban the use of applications like Facebook and Twitter : "U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson of Kansas, the chair of the Judicial Conference Committee on Court Administration and Case Management, told the nation’s judges in a Jan. 28 memo that ...

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Sentencing Law & Policy Blog Features Rob’s Piece on “The Racial Geography of the Federal Death Penalty”

39 minutes ago ago from A Criminal Enterprise

The piece, co-authored by blog contributor Rob Smith and attorney G. Ben Cohen, is available on SSRN .  Professor Berman at Sentencing Law & Policy recently spotlighted the piece here . The abstract states: Scholars have devoted substantial attention to both the over-representation of African-Americans on federal death row and the disproportionate number of federal defendants charged capitally for the murder of white victims.  This ...

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"Why Shouldn't Jurors Be Able To Use Technology To Do More Research?" - Freedom to Differ

7 hours ago ago from Freedom to Differ - A blog that speaks freely about law, politics and the internet

Login Get your own Posterous Freedom to Differ A blog that speaks freely about law, politics and the internet Back to blog Viewed 25 times Favorited 0 times February 9, 2010 "Why Shouldn't Jurors Be Able To Use Technology To Do More Research?" We've pointed out in the past that, eventually, the judicial system is going to have to come to terms with the fact ...

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Jurors: Stop Twittering

22 hours ago ago from Left to chance

A federal court policy-making body is belatedly entering the internet age by proposing that judges clearly inform jurors they must not electronically discuss cases they are hearing. It's standard procedure to inform jurors to remain mum and not conduct any research about the case until a verdict. But recent gadget use by jurors has forced the hand of the Judicial Conference of the United States, the policy-making body of the federal ...

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Jury duty postponed in St. John Parish

22 hours ago ago from NFL Huddle

Some prospective jurors expected in court Tuesday in St. John the Baptist Parish will get a reprieve until Wednesday. Jury duty for 40th Judicial District court Judge Sterling Snowdy, Division C, has been postponed from until Wednesday at 9 a.m....

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Jurors Told to Stop Tweeting

22 hours ago ago from Wired.com

Sections Jurors: Stop Twittering A federal court policy-making body is belatedly entering the internet age by proposing that judges clearly inform jurors they must not electronically discuss cases they are hearing. It's standard procedure to inform jurors to remain mum and not conduct any research about the case until a verdict. But recent gadget use by jurors has forced the hand of the ...

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