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Anonymous jury
A jury, usually empaneled in cases involving organized crime, terrorism or other cases in which the judge has determined that a real risk of juror tampering or threat to juror safety is present, composed of jurors whose individual identities are kept entirely secret, even from the parties to the case
A Kentucky federal judge recently allowed media contact with jurors in a hate crime case, but denied the newspaper's attempt to strike down a local rule that normally prevents interaction with jurors in a federal trial.