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The case for anonymous juries

By Alliance Alert

Steve Cohen writing in City Journal: "For judges hearing high-profile cases, this lack of juror anonymity can present serious problems. The most obvious is outright jury tampering. Though that isn?t common, more than a few instances have been uncovered . . . And then there?s the media. Most newspapers and television networks won?t attempt to contact a juror during a trial. But after a verdict comes down, juror privacy is irrelevant for a determined reporter . . . No right in the U.S. Constitution guarantees defendants access to juror information. Federal case law and judicial practice make that clear."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on November 12, 2010 (boomark / email).