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Jury tampering is the crime of unduly attempting to influence the composition or decisions of a jury during the course of a trial. The means by which this crime could be perpetrated can include attempting to discredit potential jurors to ensure they will not be selected for duty.
Obstruction is a broad crime that may include acts such as perjury, making false statements to officials, witness tampering, jury tampering, destruction of evidence, and many others.
An innominate jury, also known as an anonymous jury, is a jury whose members are kept anonymous by court order.This may be requested by the prosecution or defense in order to protect the jury from the media, potential jury tampering, or social pressure to return a particular verdict.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota declined to comment on the jury tampering investigation. Bribing a juror is a felony and comes with a substantial term of imprisonment ...
The clerk of court accused of tampering with the South Carolina jury that found Alex Murdaugh guilty of two counts of murder denied asking jurors if they thought he was guilty before deliberations ...
Everything about Monday’s court hearing on jury tampering allegations in the double-murder trial of Alex Murdaugh is in a class by itself. First, there is the hearing.
On November 24, 2015, Keith Wood was arrested and charged with felony obstruction of justice and misdemeanor jury tampering after he handed out fliers, stating that jurors have the right to practice jury nullification, on the sidewalk in front of the Mecosta County, Michigan, courthouse. [51]
In an appeal filed in the S.C. Court of Appeals, attorneys for convicted double-murderer Alex Murdaugh are asking for a new trial based on allegations of jury tampering by clerk of court Becky Hill.