Posted On: March 20, 2007
Trial lawyers need to screen for bloggers on their juries
Medical malpractice lawyers with experience trying cases are very familiar with the problem of jurors researching the case on the internet. But it may make sense for trial lawyers to research the jurors on the internet. Consider this:
"A New Hampshire case involving a juror who posted entries about court duty on his blog has raised the issue of juror blogging, which legal experts said may soon become a regular part of voir dire and jury instructions. The case involves Stephen Goupil, who was convicted in 2005 on five counts of sexual assault and one count of theft. New Hampshire v. Goupil, No. 2005-444. (N.H.). The juror foreman, Scott Vachon, made an entry in his blog in early 2005, four days before jury selection, in which he said he would have to 'listen to the local riff-raff try and convince me of their innocence,' according to court documents."Vesna Jaksic, National Law Journal, Law.com 3/12/07
http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1173101897897
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