Miscellaneous

This week in public records: Secret Juries

By PI Magazine (Tamara Thompson and Rosemarie Mesis)

The names of jurors are public records, according to a ruling by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which countered the actions of a Pennsylvania federal judge who kept the juror names from the media in a high-profile trial. Apparently, the 3rd Circuit believes that’s not the norm in federal court, but the reality on the ground is a bit mixed. It’s a different world in state courts, many of which have an explicit ban on releasing the names of jurors.

Full post as published by PI buzz on August 02, 2008 (boomark / email).