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A U.K. juror faces six months in jail for researching a defendant online, highlighting the Internet’s increasingly heavy impact on court cases. Three high court judges sentenced 34-year-old Theodora Dallas, a psychology lecturer at the University of Bedfordshire, to jail for “contempt of the jury and the jury system.” Dallas, according to the judges, “deliberately [...]
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Juror Jailed for Googling Defendant, Courts Struggle with Tech
January 23rd, 2012 
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No Comments »Juror Faces Contempt for Contacting Defendant on Facebook
June 16th, 2011 admin A woman was found guilty Tuesday of contempt of court after contacting a defendant over Facebook while she served on a jury that acquitted the defendant, as using social media during criminal trials becomes an increasingly common problem for courtrooms. A multi-million-dollar drug trial involving 34-year-old Jamie Sewart and other defendants was thrown out after [...]
