Concerns on Adverse Impact of Social Media on Jury Trials By Kevin J. Napper
The evolution of internet-based real-time communication, such as social media, is affecting America's law and order these days. According to Mr. Kevin Napper, a Carlton Fields shareholder and a white collar criminal defense attorney, mobile internet use and social media can have a significant effect on jury trials and even the potential to interfere with them.
Of course, social media now enables instantaneous mass communication available through social media and internet-based research and media applications. With the rapid growth of social media and online networking, choosing an unbiased jury with little to no exposure to cases, issues, and/or individuals in a specific trail has become quite difficult.
In the past few years, a lot of things have been written about the impact that social media and the prevalence of consistent internet access may have on jury trials and jurors, who are expected to make decisions regarding their cases based only on what happens in a courtroom and the admissible evidence.
Moreover, the judges have instructed jurors not to utilize social media or any other online information about the case they're dealing with, and for good reason. If any of these instructions will be ignored, the jurors may form opinions and take a decision based on the information are not meant to consider. The main reason behind this is online content or information about those involved in the case may be unreliable, inflammatory or ultimately disproved.
In addition to this, there is also a potential risk that the opinions provided by the jurors may not even be based on the information related to the case they are hearing.
Showing his concerns about such issues, Kevin Napper observed the prevalence of inaccurate information found online, and the poor accountability that results from allowing postings from anonymous people over the web. In a jury situation, a bias can damage the results of a trial.Kevin Napper shows his concerns over the fairness of trial proceedings, which remains an issue even once a jury has been impaneled. In such scenarios, the bar must be prepared to overcome the potential adverse impact social media has on a jury.
Just visit provided websites here for more information on Kevin Napper. Click [http://500px.com/kevinnapper] for latest photos, [http://www.kevinjnapper.net/] for latest information. See lookup page at http://www.lookuppage.com/users/kevinnapper/ and also click on hillsboroughattorney.com for attorney info, quora.com/Kevin-Napper, kevinjnapper.org, flickr at flickr.com/photos/kevin-napper
Of course, social media now enables instantaneous mass communication available through social media and internet-based research and media applications. With the rapid growth of social media and online networking, choosing an unbiased jury with little to no exposure to cases, issues, and/or individuals in a specific trail has become quite difficult.
In the past few years, a lot of things have been written about the impact that social media and the prevalence of consistent internet access may have on jury trials and jurors, who are expected to make decisions regarding their cases based only on what happens in a courtroom and the admissible evidence.
Moreover, the judges have instructed jurors not to utilize social media or any other online information about the case they're dealing with, and for good reason. If any of these instructions will be ignored, the jurors may form opinions and take a decision based on the information are not meant to consider. The main reason behind this is online content or information about those involved in the case may be unreliable, inflammatory or ultimately disproved.
In addition to this, there is also a potential risk that the opinions provided by the jurors may not even be based on the information related to the case they are hearing.
Showing his concerns about such issues, Kevin Napper observed the prevalence of inaccurate information found online, and the poor accountability that results from allowing postings from anonymous people over the web. In a jury situation, a bias can damage the results of a trial.Kevin Napper shows his concerns over the fairness of trial proceedings, which remains an issue even once a jury has been impaneled. In such scenarios, the bar must be prepared to overcome the potential adverse impact social media has on a jury.
Just visit provided websites here for more information on Kevin Napper. Click [http://500px.com/kevinnapper] for latest photos, [http://www.kevinjnapper.net/] for latest information. See lookup page at http://www.lookuppage.com/users/kevinnapper/ and also click on hillsboroughattorney.com for attorney info, quora.com/Kevin-Napper, kevinjnapper.org, flickr at flickr.com/photos/kevin-napper
Source...