Marissa Brassfield
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Twitter’s popularity is out of control, and even jurors are getting into the act while they’re in the courtroom. This is exciting for people who care about social media, but not particularly conducive to courtroom privacy. MSNBC reports that earlier this week, a Philadelphia juror in a high-profile public corruption case disclosed to his Facebook friends to “Stay tuned for a big announcement on Monday.” The live-blogging Twitter phenomenon has already proven its power to disseminate viral news during elections and plane crashes. MSNBC says that some lawyers, however, are pushing for jury instructions to be updated so that confidential information revealed in court cases remains so. References: msnbc.msn, feedproxy.googleFiled In: |
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A juror who used Twitter to communicate his disapproval of the plantiff in a civil case has provoked an argument that could lead to a mistrial.
Russell Wright's construction company Stoam Holdings recently lost a $12 million dollar lawsuit brought by investors. But lawyers for the firm are arguing that juror Johnathan Powell's Twitter updates broke the rules prohibiting jurors from discussing such cases with the public. (;showNav();changeOption('login');)
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