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Lawyers Using Facebook/Twitter/Etc to Scientifically Select Juries

post #1 of 2
9/22/11 at 11:03am
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"I think it is safe to say that contemporary trial practice dictates that you make an effort to find out whatever information you can about jurors," Los Angeles defense attorney Shepard Kopp said. "If somebody has a Facebook page where the settings are public, and you can see what their interests are, you can very well learn valuable information there."
Well, at least now if you want out of jury duty, you just have to post something silly on your twitter or facebook.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/20/tech/s...ray/index.html

As if they needed even more tools to come up with herp-derp juries like in the OJ and Casey Anthony trials. I'd very much like to see revision in the system where only a judge can remove jurors, and get rid of the whole anti-random sampling jury system we have now.
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post #2 of 2
9/22/11 at 11:55am
Yeah, I don't think lawyers should be allowed to pick jury members. That's just sort of ridiculous, isn't it? It should be a totally random selection (based on drivers license number or something like that), and they can only be dismissed if they're entirely unsuitable for jury duty. But no selection allowed.
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