Jurors and social media

Reporter's tweeted photo of juror leads judge to declare mistrial in murder prosecution

Rachel Bunn | Newsgathering | News | April 16, 2012
News
April 16, 2012

A Kansas judge declared a mistrial in a murder case after a reporter tweeted a photograph containing the profile of a juror.

California court to examine juror's Facebook privacy

Rachel Costello | Privacy | Feature | April 1, 2011
Feature
April 1, 2011

The California Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the state's 3rd District Court of Appeals to revisit the case of a Sacramento juror who was ordered to consent to the release of Facebook posts he had made during a criminal trial in 2010.

Court stays order to turn over juror's Facebook postings

Rachel Costello | Privacy | Feature | February 15, 2011
Feature
February 15, 2011

The California Supreme Court on Monday granted a stay on a Sacramento trial court order requiring a juror to turn over his Facebook postings made while serving as jury foreperson during a criminal trial.