Could probably hear the “FOH!!” from space

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[u/MGLLN]

The lone Black juror on the Lindsay Clancy trial who refused to acquit her used an exercise band and an empty water bottle to visually reenact the way Clancy strangled her three children. The incident was said to have disturbed the other 11 jurors.

He was also said to have ignored the other jurors and scrolled on his phone while they attempted to speak with him or dissuade him from his decision. A juror who voted to acquit, told ABC that “there wasn’t a single piece of evidence or witness testimony that he used to prove why he was thinking the way he was.”

[u/Oh_yes_I_did → u/MGLLN]

Wait, jurors can just have access to their phone while they deliberate? Doesn’t that kind of defeat the purpose of an unbiased jury if they can access what the public zeitgeist’s opinions and feelings are?

Edit: lol at the two conflicting responses, such is Reddit.

[u/nope-nik-tesla → u/Oh_yes_I_did]

It is actually pretty uncommon for a jury to be sequestered and blocked from accessing news and media

[u/The_Amazing_Emu → u/nope-nik-tesla]

But they still generally can’t bring a phone into a courthouse

[u/nope-nik-tesla → u/The_Amazing_Emu]

You generally aren't allowed to use them in the courtroom but you can definitely bring them into the courthouse.

[u/Electronic_Lie_5661 → u/Oh_yes_I_did]

Yeah seems like bullshit, when I did mine we had to hand over all electronics during proceedings and deliberation but you did get them bacn during lunch break.

[u/CiaphasCain8849 → u/Oh_yes_I_did]

Yes, I had my phone the whole time. Leave it in the jury room.

[u/yoitsthatoneguy → u/Oh_yes_I_did]

Edit: lol at the two conflicting responses, such is Reddit.

There are thousands of jurisdictions in the US. They can all have their own courtroom procedure (as long as they follow the constitution).