[Magdalen] Jury Duty Anyone?

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

I too find this surprising.  Whatever our opinions, the actual decision of
the jurors ought to be kept in the jury room. I wonder if it came out as a
result of a bunch of frustrated jurors going public after the trial was
over. I do not think there is anything to prevent jurors from talking about
it.  Is there any such law -- anywhere?  I wonder if there ought to be, or
not.  A very interesting question.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 12:53 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> There has been a trial of a previously convicted murderer
> who stabbed anew a  federal prison guard to death in one of the
> regional federal prisons.
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> The sentiment in the local media is for using
> the  death penalty, because the man is already in
> prison for life.  However, the jury could not agree on this, and
> he was awarded another life imprisonment.
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> I was appalled today to read front page, the names of the jurors for  this
> trial, and a list of how they voted.  It turns out that there was  only
> one juror against the death penalty.  Her name was printed,  along
> with the apparent reason for her vote:  "She has a son currently
> imprisoned".
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> Over and beyond any discussion of the death penalty itself, I'm
> wondering how frequently jury information is made so public, in
> this case by a US federal court (Scranton).
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> It would strike me as opening up the jurors to retribution, and
> would likely have a negative impact on willingness to serve on  jury duty.
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> David S.
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