A local trial court has just denied a new trial motion based on juror misconduct, where the misconduct was the jury foreman’s blogging about the gang member’s 19-day murder trial while it was going on, including posting a photo of the murder weapon, commenting on the evidence and witnesses, praising his own performance as jury foreman, and criticizing the work ethic of courtroom staff. From today’s Ventura County Star: After sentencing a gang member to prison for murder, a Ventura County judge ripped into the jury foreman Tuesday, holding the juror in contempt of court for writing a blog that exposed details of the case during the trial. The blog,…
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An Interesting Law Blog from an Interesting Source
I’ve run across an interesting blog: Winning Trial Advocacy Techniques. With a title like that, I don’t need to tell you what its about. But I got really interested in it after I’d read some interesting posts and clicked on the “about” link to see who runs it. Turns out its an organization called “Trial Theater,” yet another name that gives you an idea of the organization’s perspective. Worth checking out.