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global1

(26,507 posts)
Fri Aug 4, 2023, 09:37 AM Aug 2023

With Respect To This Recent Arraingment & Upcoming Trial......

Will the jury be sequestered during the trial?

If they are not sequestered - I would think any statements made by Tr**p or any of his Fox News talking heads or Repug minions - can potentially influence a juror.

How will this be handled?

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With Respect To This Recent Arraingment & Upcoming Trial...... (Original Post) global1 Aug 2023 OP
Jurors are rarely sequestered. Ocelot II Aug 2023 #1
sorta assume they would be for their own safety. mopinko Aug 2023 #2

Ocelot II

(130,533 posts)
1. Jurors are rarely sequestered.
Fri Aug 4, 2023, 09:45 AM
Aug 2023

The jury for the 1992 John Gotti trial was sequestered because he had been acquitted in previous trials in which it was later discovered there had been witness intimidation and jury tampering. Judges have the option of ordering full or partial sequestration or other measures, depending entirely on the circumstances, usually whether there is evidence that the jurors are likely to be influenced or threatened by some action of the defendant or others. https://www.uscourts.gov/news/2020/01/24/how-courts-care-jurors-high-profile-cases

mopinko

(73,726 posts)
2. sorta assume they would be for their own safety.
Fri Aug 4, 2023, 09:48 AM
Aug 2023

seems the judge is already aware of the danger.

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