[momtothree]

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.

[truthkeeper]

Good morning.
Here is an interesting companion article on Florida's liberal freedom of information ("Sunshine") law. Apparently each state can decide for themselves. New York keeps their juror names confidential.
Sorry, I never learned to link so you've got to cut and past the article:

http://poststar.com/app/blogs/?p=69986&cat=