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Runaway juror fined $300 after Mexican getaway
A runaway juror returned to Milwaukee from a Mexican getaway and headed back to court. But this time, it was to face the judge.
New model jury instructions target social media use
In an effort to deter jurors from using social media and smartphones to communicate about or conduct research on the case on which they serve, a Judicial Conference committee has updated federal model jury instructions.
It’s just Google: Keeping jurors offline to stay in line
Jurors who have a hard time putting their Internet habits on hold during jury service need strong guidance from trial judges, said a jury research analyst.
Trial lawyers double as entertainers
As jurors demand slicker, speedier, sound bite-like presentations of trial evidence, lawyers are hiring visual artists, computer graphic designers and illustrators to transform piles of documents into light, sound and images.
Study finds ‘striking’ difference in conviction rates based on jury pool’s racial makeup
A study has revealed that the racial makeup of the pool from which juries are selected influences conviction rates – and that having even one African-American member in the pool from which a jury is drawn nearly eliminates the difference.
THE DARK SIDE: Appeal to what is best in jurors
Many years ago, a former Alabama congressman told me the following story:
Redefining expert witness credibility for juries
Juries routinely dismiss expert testimony due to credibility problems, incomprehensibility, or simply because it is cancelled out by another expert’s testimony.
Jury convicts former day-care worker of abuse
A Dane County jury has found a former day-care provider guilty on one of seven counts of injuring children in her care.
Defendant changes story on fatal lake crash
MERRILL, Wis. (AP) — A man accused of killing his mother surprised those in a Lincoln County courtroom when he changed his story on the witness stand about how she died. Chase Boruch told jurors that he staged a car crash at Moraine Lake in June 2010 to make his mother’s death look like an […]
Technology gives judges alternatives for jury instructions
Rather than just reading 19 pages of jury instructions to the people who would decide if Jesus Gonzalez was guilty of murder, Milwaukee Judge Richard Sankovitz mixed in some visuals.
Drunk juror dismissed in murder-for-hire trial
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) – Officials say a juror was dismissed in the murder-for-hire trial in Waukesha County Wednesday because he was drunk when he showed up for court. Because there are alternate jurors, his dismissal won’t affect the proceeding. Sheriff’s Detective Steve Pederson tells WMTJ-TV that if the man had been stopped while driving a […]
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