English Chinese (Traditional) Dutch French German Italian Japanese Portuguese Russian Spanish

wbg friends
How-to Computer Guides for the Rest of Us
WinVistaClub
Technoworld
Keep up with the fast paced world of tech and computers
TechFreakiez - Gadgets, Technology, Entertainment & Wallpapers
JCXP.net
wannabegeek
linkexchange
msfn
9down
Demonoid.com - A Bit Torrent community
Juror's Tweets Overturn Trial Verdict
Written by Soulskill   
Saturday, 10 December 2011 10:29

Authors: Soulskill


D H NG writes "The Arkansas Supreme Court had overturned a murder conviction due to a juror tweeting during the trial. Erickson Dimas-Martinez was convicted in 2010 of killing a teenager and was sentenced to death. His lawyers appealed the case on account of a juror tweeting his musings during the trial and because another juror nodded off during the presentation of evidence. Tweets sent include 'The coffee here sucks' and 'Court. Day 5. here we go again.' In an opinion, Associate Justice Donald Corbin wrote 'because of the very nature of Twitter as an... online social media site, Juror 2's tweets about the trial were very much public discussions.' Dimas-Martinez is to be given a new trial."

image image

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Read more: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/NaEWbBBU3zw/jurors-tweets-overturn-trial-verdict

< Prev   Next >
 

Amazon Search

Geek Code

--BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-- GE/CS d++ s:++>: a+ C++ LU--- P++ L+ E---W++(+) N++ o-- K w++ O--- M-- V PS PE Y PGP- t++ 5X++ R->$ tv- b+ DI++ D G+ e++ h--- r+++ z+++ --END GEEK CODE BLOCK--

Syndicate