Jury duty is bad enough, but imagine not being able to check your phone or e-mail to help relieve the boredom. That's the new rule in Michigan, where trial judges are now required to order jurors not to use phones or other electronic devices while in trial or in deliberations. Telling your Twitter followers you are stuck at the courthouse is not likely to tip the scales of Lady Justice, but Googling for background info on a case is the legal equivalent of ripping off her blindfold.
Tweeting, Texting in the Jury Box: A Danger to Fair Trials?
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Seeded on Mon Dec 28, 2009 6:59 PM
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