Bloomberg Law
April 29, 2016, 6:22 PM UTC

California Jurors May Face Fines for Social Media Use

Bloomberg Law - Staff Reports

By Tera Brostoff, Bloomberg BNA

The use of social media by jurors continues to disrupt trials, forcing courts, lawmakers and jurists to attempt to find new and more effective ways to curb this type of conduct.

Jury instructions frequently incorporate provisions explaining that the use of the Internet and social media to research or discuss the case the jurors are hearing is prohibited, but yet the forbidden behavior persists.

Like many other jurisdictions, California has a law in place that allows jurors to be held in civil contempt for violating restrictions on social media use. But the state is now ...

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