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"Jury duty is bad enough, but imagine not being able to check your phone or e-mail to help relieve the boredom. That's the new rule in Michigan, where trial judges are now required to order jurors not to use phones or other electronic devices while in trial or in deliberations. Telling your Twitter followers you are stuck at the courthouse is not likely to tip the scales of Lady Justice, but Googling for background info on a case is the legal equivalent of ripping off her blindfold. "

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"Accused by defense attorneys of violating a judge’s order, five members of the jury that convicted Dixon of misdemeanor embezzlement have been called to appear at a motions hearing Jan. 6, in which the mayor will seek a new trial.

Dixon’s attorneys have accused jurors Nos. 3, 6, 8, 11 and 12 of becoming friends on Facebook, a social networking site, and sending messages to each other there, in violation of Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Dennis Sweeney’s order not to discuss the case."

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"recent cases in which jurors have caused a stir by using social media such as Twitter to communicate about their jury service. Taking the issue on proactively, the Michigan Supreme Court has adopted a new rule requiring judges to admonish jurors to not use electronic communication devices during trial, and not to use them during breaks to comment or conduct research on the case. "

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"Indiana Supreme Court committee took up the issue of banning iPhones, cell phones, laptops, social network sites such as Twitter and Facebook, by jurors while they are deliberating a case."

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In the past few months, we have heard numerous stories about\nmistrials and appeals from jury verdicts that resulted because\none or more jurors used the Internet to obtain ex parte\ninformation or to communicate with outsiders.

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Analysis of juror behavior & the responses of the court system. Has an extensive list of references.

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Jurors accessing Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia, general Internet during and after trial; sending research results to attorney.

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"In the latest sign of the collision between the courts and new communication technologies, jurors will have to sign declarations attesting that they will not use "personal electronic and media devices" to research or communicate about any aspect of the case. That includes computers, cell phones and laptops. Jurors will have to sign the declarations, made under penalty of perjury, both before and after they serve. "

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