Comments on: Jury consultants checking out potential jurors online http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/10/01/jury-consultants-checking-out-potential-jurors-online/ tech, science, news and social issues for geeks Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:00:20 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Kevin S. Brady http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/10/01/jury-consultants-checking-out-potential-jurors-online/#comment-109201 Kevin S. Brady Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:03:32 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=5792#comment-109201 Background checks of jury candidates are nothing new. Jury consultants have been around a long time and are essential for major cases. Using the Internet to ferret out potentially biased jurors could be a useful tool in the <i>voir dire</i> process, provided the identities are accurate. It all sounds a bit intrusive perhaps, but employers, credit agencies, insurance companies, etc. are already checking people out online. Your online postings are fair game. Background checks of jury candidates are nothing new. Jury consultants have been around a long time and are essential for major cases.

Using the Internet to ferret out potentially biased jurors could be a useful tool in the voir dire process, provided the identities are accurate. It all sounds a bit intrusive perhaps, but employers, credit agencies, insurance companies, etc. are already checking people out online. Your online postings are fair game.

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