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Understanding Jury Duty and Misconduct in the Legal Arena

Jury Analyst

Juror misconduct, encompassing any inappropriate or illegal conduct that undermines the jury’s function, can include communication with external parties, researching the case outside the courtroom, or harboring prejudice. Any actions by a juror that fall outside the court’s instructions can taint the deliberation process.

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Understanding Jury Duty and Misconduct in the Legal Arena

Jury Analyst

Juror misconduct, encompassing any inappropriate or illegal conduct that undermines the jury’s function, can include communication with external parties, researching the case outside the courtroom, or harboring prejudice. Any actions by a juror that fall outside the court’s instructions can taint the deliberation process.

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The Rise of Post-Pandemic Nuclear Verdicts

Sound Jury Blog

The result is that Americans are becoming clearer in their values and what they think the world around them should be like, which has emboldened them to advocate more aggressively for these values in jury deliberations. Jury duty is one of the few ways to level the playing field.