Twitter and Juror Misconduct Wednesday, April 25, 12
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Twitter and Juror Misconduct
Wednesday, April 25, 12
What is Twitter? Wednesday, April 25, 12
"Twitter is a device-agnostic real-time message-routing platform—which is a fancy way of saying that it can send messages to and receive them from a variety of devices simultaneously, at the moment a message is sent."
Sarah Millstein, author of “Twitter and the Micro-Messaging Revolution” (O’Reilly)
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How Device Agnostic?Wednesday, April 25, 12
MICROBLOG
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MICROBLOG
Micro Blog
140 Characters
Pictures
Links
Publishing Platform
Updated Leisurely
Record
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It Is Not A Social Network
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Twitter is a Communication Network
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What Is A Tweet?Wednesday, April 25, 12
What is a Retweet?Wednesday, April 25, 12
Mentioning Users
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Messaging on Twitter
Users can directly message each other without it being seen.
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Getting StartedWednesday, April 25, 12
Find Folks to Follow
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The StreamWednesday, April 25, 12
But Why?
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• 3 Years, 2 Months, 1 Day = 1 Billion Tweets
• 177 Million Tweets Sent On 3/11/11.
• Tweets Per Second. Any Guesses?
• New Accounts Per Day
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In My Courtroom? Wednesday, April 25, 12
What Problems Does This Create?
1. Jurors Disseminating Information During A Trial2. Jurors Being Contacted By Plaintiff of Defense3. Jurors Looking Up Attorneys4. Attorneys Lowballing Cues To Jurors5. Lack Of Attention Or Focus - Proof
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Disseminating Information
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Jurors Being ContactedWednesday, April 25, 12
Jurors Looking Up Attorneys
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Lowballing CuesWednesday, April 25, 12
Inattentive Juror - ProofWednesday, April 25, 12
• Florida - Armed Robbery Case
• Arkansas - Murder Case
• Texas - Juror friended the Plaintiff
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• Admonish The Jurors Directly
• Note Specific Punishments
• Cooperate With Counsel
• Obtain Links To Social Media Accounts
• Take Phones Away During Trial
• Obtain Usernames And Passwords
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Federal Judicial Conference’s Model Instruction
You may not communicate with anyone about the case on your
cellphone, through e-mail, Blackberry, iPhone, text messaging, or
on Twitter, through any blog or website, through any internet chat
room, or by way of any other social networking websites, including
Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn and YouTube.
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Ideas Or Suggestions?
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This Presentation Will Be Posted To www.clintjameslaw.com
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