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Facebook Post Juror Gets Fined, Removed, Assigned Homework

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i'll-do-it-tomorrow dept.

eldavojohn writes "A Michigan judge removed a juror after a Facebook comment and also fined her $250 and required her to write a five-page paper about the constitutional right to a fair trial. The juror was 'very sorry' and the judge chastised her, saying, 'You violated your oath. You had decided she was already guilty without hearing the other side.'"

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  1. Re:Charged with resisting arrest and found guilty by bingoUV · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Can't you be arrested for strong suspicion? I thought most countries have new-fangled "anti-terrorism" laws that enable law enforcement to do that.

    Then different countries have different time-limits specified for producing the arrestee in a court / magistracy etc.

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