The big heavy breathing lead story in the Sunday New York Times this week was about the increasing number of government agencies using undercover operations to detect law breakers of all kinds. The Small Business Administration, the IRS, even the U.S. Supreme Court Police have agents hiding badges, blending into crowds and perhaps
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Investigating Jurors: The Ethical Bounds of Using Social Media
By Abby Wein on
Posted in Investigation
We recently read that one of the jurors in the Jodi Arias murder trial had both tweeted at a famed criminal defense attorney and posted a comment about Arias having “Latina blood” on her Facebook page after the jury had convicted Arias but before it had sentenced her. Stories like this one really highlight the…