Coming today to TechnoFeature: Even lawyers chuckle when they hear about a mistrial because a juror got caught conducting their own factual and legal research online. But it's not funny when it happens in one of your cases. Let's face it — jurors have always considered more than just the evidence presented. But before the Internet they didn't leave such an obvious paper trail requiring judges to declare costly mistrials. In this issue of TechnoFeature, Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Linda Giles provides some recent examples of rogue jurors, places this problem in historical context, and then identifies the likely cause of the problem as well as a solution. It's always a good idea to listen to the judge — especially one with more than a decade of experience on the bench.
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