Inside the Jury Room part four: Juror misbehaviour

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Jurors can misbehave, threatening the right to a fair trial in many ways: Google searches; social media rants, contacting an accused, visiting a crime scene, even playing Sudoku in the jury box. How do we convince jurors to follow the rules?

Inside the Jury Room part four: Juror misbehaviour

This post was originally published on this site

ABC Radio

Jurors can misbehave, threatening the right to a fair trial in many ways: Google searches; social media rants, contacting an accused, visiting a crime scene, even playing Sudoku in the jury box. How do we convince jurors to follow the rules?

Inside the Jury Room part two: Juror stress

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Hearing and seeing gruesome evidence in criminal trials can take a terrible toll on jurors, sometimes leading to stress and trauma. What harm can juror stress then cause trials? And what can we do to minimise its impact?

Inside the Jury Room part two: Juror stress

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Hearing and seeing gruesome evidence in criminal trials can take a terrible toll on jurors, sometimes leading to stress and trauma. What harm can juror stress then cause trials? And what can we do to minimise its impact?

Inside the Jury Room part one: The Ouija board jurors

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It’s the most notorious case ever of jury misbehaviour. In the 1994 double murder trial of Stephen Young, drunk jurors used a Ouija board to ask the murder victims, “who killed you?”. But is there more to this story than just hapless, irresponsible jurors?

Inside the Jury Room part one: The Ouija board jurors

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ABC Radio

It’s the most notorious case ever of jury misbehaviour. In the 1994 double murder trial of Stephen Young, drunk jurors used a Ouija board to ask the murder victims, “who killed you?”. But is there more to this story than just hapless, irresponsible jurors?