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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 Clerk of Court accused of jury tampering in Alex Murdaugh’s trial. Ted Clifford. September 5, 2023 at 5:04 PM. ... “Just as the jury would do in a span of three hours, we unanimously came ...
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is now investigating allegations of jury tampering in the Alex Murdaugh murder trial, according to a joint press release late Thursday by SLED and the S ...
The clerk of court accused of jury tampering in Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial resigned Monday, almost two months after a judge questioned the Colleton County, South Carolina, official’s ...
Jury sequestration is the isolation of a jury to avoid accidental or deliberate tainting of the jury by exposing them to outside influence or information that is not admissible in court. [1] In such cases, jurors are usually housed at a hotel, where they are not allowed to read the newspaper, watch television, or access the Internet, and may ...
The lawyers for convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh have filed a motion for a new trial, alleging they have evidence of jury tampering.