rape retrial to be held

Former Member · February 2005

what a silly person indeed

Former Member · February 2005

Prat

Former Member · February 2005

Curiosity killed the cat.

Bit harsh to blame the juror though.

Former Member · February 2005

Kentish wrote:

Curiosity killed the cat.

Bit harsh to blame the juror though.

not really when you think about it, I mean aren't jurors given prior instructions?

Former Member · February 2005

It's not easy being a juror, you're basically sentencing someone to prison or not - a bit responsibility. Maybe the juror was wrong to get the material, but if you're trying someone for a crime surely you should know more about the crime etc etc.

Former Member · February 2005

AllAmericanRageJunky wrote:

not really when you think about it, I mean aren't jurors given prior instructions?

One would hope so if you're going to get in trouble for doing a bit of research on the topic of your trial.

Of course, if it was used as the basis of an argument in a rape trial, and wasn't seen by the legal teams or judge, then that's clearly unacceptable. But to ban internet searches seems a bit extreme.

S/he made a mistake, nothing more dramatic.

Former Member · February 2005

Kentish wrote:

One would hope so if you're going to get in trouble for doing a bit of research on the topic of your trial.

Of course, if it was used as the basis of an argument in a rape trial, and wasn't seen by the legal teams or judge, then that's clearly unacceptable. But to ban internet searches seems a bit extreme.

S/he made a mistake, nothing more dramatic.

youre supposed to jury with the information uve been given, and obviously past life experience, thus doing searches is equivilent of reading newspapers on it

rape retrial to be held

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