This post will kick off our weekly Crime, Law, and Justice thread. I apologize for being late with it, I have been buried with work.
Looks like the Anthony jurors are off the hook for now and won't have their names revealed. I get the sense from the article that privacy issues in this regard may be examined as well. What say you all?
I will go and retrieve the ping list and see you later.
P.S. On a related note, our FReeper Palladin has recommended a John Grisham book, "The Runaway Jury." I will put it on my reading list. Open for discussion too.
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I think this is a good idea, at least a temporary hold, because of the fear. There are crazies out there.
First, I will say that I disagree with the jury. However, I truly don’t understand why it is necessary to publish the names of the jury. Why? I have served on juries before and felt comfortable in doing so. If I was going to be possibly selected for a high interest case or one involving murder, organized crime, etc... I would honestly say that I would not want to serve if my name was later published. I wouldn’t want my family brought into it and I would worry about their safety as well. Those staying within the pool of possible jurors either want the media attention/focus/etc... and this reduces the number of potential jurors IMHO. Just a thought.
There is only one reason people would want the names released. Vengeance.
Maybe the state legislature would vote to withold jurors' names in an organized crime case, but in this type of situation, it's not going to happen.
The jurors in cases like this will have to live with their verdict.