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    Kentucky judge upholds rule preventing contact with federal jurors

    Lilly Chapa | Secret Courts | News | November 27, 2012
    Lilly Chapa
    News
    November 27, 2012

    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.