• Juror sends ‘Tweets’ During $12.6M Case

    Tech Industry News
    15th March 2009 - By admin

    A building materials company and its owner have appealed a $12.6 million verdict against them, alleging that a juror was posting related messages on Twitter.com while hearing the case.

    News link: here

    1. Lundy Said:

      dont’ forget about the guy who twittered while somebody was breaking into his house… *cough*digg-exec*cough*

    2. Valkyrie Said:

      The guy was already in his house, sleeping. He wasn’t in the process of breaking in.Way to be sensationalist.

    3. Ty Said:

      I wish when people said things that were interesting they provided links to save me googlin’ time.

    4. Wilson Said:

      I agree SIRBERUS. Most of the time when writing an essay you need to provide reference material. Be nice if someone put something like that to include a link to the article. Not going to happen anytime soon but I do agree with ya

    5. Fina Said:

      deleted

    6. Ly Said:

      People like this will do anything to make themselves and their circumstances look dramatic and important.Tools.

    7. Laird Said:

      i dont blame the juror… it’s boring as hell to be part of a jury.

    8. Andie Said:

      It may be boring, but it’s still illegal.

    9. Page Said:

      and retarded.

    10. Nuhad Said:

      How is it illegal to be part of a jury?

    11. Amory Said:

      @Tomis, I think @Daxx22 is saying that it is illegal to be bored when part of a jury.

    12. Orella Said:

      I agree I poorly worded it, but I meant it’s illegal to announce the outcome of a trial when one is a member of the jury before the judge renders a verdict.

    13. Abe Said:

      Yeah, but what he tweeted was total douchebaggary. "I just gave away TWELVE MILLION of someone else’s money today."

    14. Zahur Said:

      The way you put that sort of made me wish Madoff tweeted.

    15. Odetta Said:

      Remember that when you’re on trial and an ***** juror is dicking around on the Internet instead of listening to your defense.

    16. Jaguar Said:

      Damn, people. I know attention spans are shrinking, but this is just idiotic.

    17. Raghnall Said:

      Hey, you’re not supposed to ***** talk about the case outside of the court room (and wherever the jurors congregate). What’s law is law.

    18. Valkyrie Said:

      Isn’t that primarily to keep outside information out of the proceedings, though?

    19. Chizue Said:

      Ya tell me about it. My attention span is so short that I usually

    20. Mya Said:

      I see what you

    21. Deon Said:

      Why aren’t you guys finishing your

    22. Bina Said:

      I thought you weren’t suppose to have phones on in a courtroom…

    23. Idonia Said:

      Maybe not in Arkansas?

    24. Osias Said:

      Well then I hope I never have to go to trial in Arkansas.

    25. Dusan Said:

      I hope I never have to go to Arkansas

    26. Chloris Said:

      They don’t search you and some of these phones tiny enough not to be detected.

    27. Gale Said:

      In my county, they do search you, and they let you bring phones in, but if it causes a disruption in the courtroom the judge will confiscate it. IMHO the judge was probably asleep in this case. There are a lot of inept trial court judges out there.

    28. Edita Said:

      They didn’t prevent us from having it in California. I forget if they told us to turn it off/put on vibrate. However, it’s pretty much a given for anyone with common sense that you don’t want to be the one singled out for interrupting a court trial with your phone.

    29. Sybil Said:

      He was allowed to have his phone and he didn’t tweet from the stand…only at lunch break, before the trial and after the verdict.

    30. Nuin Said:

      WOW O_o

    31. Biton Said:

      can you sue someone for being a lawyer? It seems like these days people sue people for anything so why not

    32. Frigg Said:

      haha twitter owns j00

    33. Utah Said:

      Enough already.

    34. Nehemiah Said:

      srsly. This is getting really ***** sad. Twitter is stupid and it doesn’t matter how many articles you spam to the front page, it’s still an exercise in devolution.

    35. Chita Said:

      Speaking of, DEVO is coming out with a new album this year!

    36. Nozomi Said:

      New album by DEVO? Should send a twit.

    37. Naeva Said:

      +1 twitter is for people who falsely believe that others actually give a ***** about them and their mundane activities.

    38. Maclean Said:

      twitter doesn’t have to be about about what people had for dinner. I use it as a useful information channel. For instance, I followed the Pirate Bay trial through twitter, and I also it for updates about what bands are coming to my town, and various other news updates. Some aspects of its function is not entirly unlike digg, depending on how you use it.

    39. Octavious Said:

      People are allowed to hold cell phones in their hands while serving on a jury? Do we get to bring video cameras too? How about a fine selections of meats and breads if I feel like I want to make a sandwich?

    40. Othello Said:

      I think you can sleep while serving on the jury also….

    41. Mackenzie Said:

      in trial we do have these things called.. breaks… actually believe it or not.. they happen on average every one in a half hours. During these times, the panel is actually allowed to do what they want..

    42. Bade Said:

      Forget sandwiches. You left out the cheese fondue, most important.

    43. Dwight Said:

      Congress setting a bad example for the rest of us again…..

    44. Estralita Said:

      Dude is a Wal Mart photo lab manager in Arkansas! Would you expect anything less?

    45. Yancy Said:

      The more technology you own the more opportunities there are for you to look/act stupid.

    46. Yates Said:

      With great technology comes great responsibility. Oh wait, I’m thinking about that spider thread. Nevermind…

    47. Vivica Said:

      Yup, this is why drinking in front of a computer is not such a good idea.

    48. Waldemar Said:

      Haha I wonder if you get excused from serving on another case after that. A good way to ***** over the system and waste tax dollars.I’d pull out my camera during court and take a picture "Hold on your honor, I’m posting a tweet real quick…"

    49. Aston Said:

      You’re a democrat, aren’t you?

    50. Base Said:

      This is funny, I was on a jury two weeks ago and was thinking how I could be twittering all about the case/day.But im not retarded.

    51. Ull Said:

      I hope you at least found the guy guilty.

    52. Umeko Said:

      [Citation Needed]

    53. Sylvester Said:

      You actually thought your followers would care?

    54. Biton Said:

      That’s pretty serious business right there. That very well may be grounds for a mistrial. I’m guessing that juror gets fined as well.

    55. Lina Said:

      We need Judges, not stupid juries.

    56. Madan Said:

      We need smarter juries. When you give one person all power or a bunch of retards power, you are doomed for failure.

    57. Maddox Said:

      If you gave 50 retards an equal amount of power would that make for one powerfull person, or a clone of a recent president?

    58. Mhina Said:

      You’d be amazed how few judges at the state court level actually give a ***** about making sure there’s a fair result in their cases. IAAL

    59. Osvaldo Said:

      Here’s the guys twitter account with all the details. twitter.com/johnathan

    60. Jagger Said:

      Don’t know why you’re getting dugg down (maybe it’s your name) but nice find.

    61. Myla Said:

      wow. that’s what twitter looks like? that’s just sad.

    62. Zero Said:

      Guy seems like kind of a douche bag.I especially love his comment about how men pee faster than women. *sigh*

    63. Dustine Said:

      "Jamming to ABBA" How do you jam to ABBA?

    64. Winaugusconey Said:

      Feels good man

    65. Prisca Said:

      Woman pee *way* faster then men. But it takes them longer to drop trow and button back up.

    66. Basil Said:

      I’ve only ever looked at a couple people’s twitter pages before (I just don’t get the point), so I’m not very familiar with how people use it. But looking at this guy’s twitter page, it’s like a message board where all of the posts are out of context? Is this a typical use of twitter?

    67. Gunesh Said:

      lol, from his tweets:"@treytech I wouldn’t expect anything less from Digg. I’ve been a member there since Kevin still worked for G4. I knew how they’d react."Awesome!

    68. Sabrina Said:

      I blame the RIAA!

    69. Humberto Said:

      He wasn’t twittering in the courtroom, he was just posting about his jury duty after the factThe headline is misleading.

    70. Murron Said:

      Not misleading, lieing.

    71. Joy Said:

      I think the defense is going to argue that his desire to go online and boast about giving away $12M of their client’s money was instrumental in his decision regarding the verdict.In reading his blog, he also had this to say…"The verdict is… Penguin Eds can’t make fries.".. which is now being read by thousands of people since the news story broke. If I were him, I’d never eat at Penguin Ed’s BBQ after slamming them like that, because he’s a sure target for the "special sauce" on his rib plate.

    72. Fifi Said:

      bad karma

    73. Acton Said:

      who f*cking cares..?

    74. Cailean Said:

      Perhaps the people who won 12.6m and would now have to give it back due to a possible mistrial? And even if the appeal upholds the verdict, it will still cost the tax payer money to hear the appeal, etc. Those are the people who would care.

    75. Paddy Said:

      If the guy’s guilty, why do you need to hear his side of the argument anyway?

    76. Fidelina Said:

      what a f’n moron. Hopefully, he won’t be able to pull a full 15 minutes out of this one. His fame-o-meter should max out at 140 characters.

    77. Emele Said:

      Oddly, I was on a jury once and part of the Judge’s instructions were not to discuss the case with anyone outside the Jury at anytime. I would’ve naturally assumed that meant Twitter.What a ***** maroon.

    78. Negeen Said:

      @Accused : Your F*cked

    79. Wowashi Said:

      YOU + ARE = YOU’RE

    80. Bindi Said:

      douchebag uses twitter. news at 11.

    81. Wood Said:

      actually his twitter page said he was on at 9 with Fox 24

    82. Chris Said:

      He’s apparently a digg user, too.

    83. Yoshino Said:

      Buried for Twitter.

    84. Noxolo Said:

      How long before this shows up as a plot in Law & Order (bomp-bum!)?

    85. Ryland Said:

      If it’s TV, he’ll end up being the real murderer…

    86. Keshia Said:

      The guy’s an idiot.

    87. Kylene Said:

      The judge will make an example out of him. He’ll do 90 days. After he gets out, he’ll record a ***** album. That’s the way we do things here in America.

    88. Derby Said:

      Here is an interview with the Twitter Juror: is.gd/neDO

    89. Caitlin Said:

      just when I thought there would be a day without twitter on the front page…

    90. Chipo Said:

      At least he wasn’t a senator or congressman at a presidential address, oh wait.

    91. Eternity Said:

      It doesn’t sound like he did anything wrong. He was using twitter during breaks, and he didn’t mention anything about the trial until it was over and he was at home. This seems like just another excuse to get Twitter in the news. It’s getting old, actually.

    92. Abbie Said:

      You are exactly right. It is all about Twitter and nothing more.

    93. Urit Said:

      "I don’t really think it’s fair for me to be on a jury because I’m a hologram…"

    94. Myee Said:

      I’m twitting my ***** balls of here

    95. Damir Said:

      OK go right ahead.

    96. Yoshino Said:

      i cant wait to watch this on Law & Order

    97. Fulk Said:

      Yet even MORE proof that those who use twitter are narcissistic, rather dense and pretty much oblivious to everything going on around them that doesn’t involve THEM.Idiocracy. We’re there.

    98. Lakia Said:

      Wow, generalize much?

    99. Sylvie Said:

      I wonder if he’ll be able to twitter from jail. I bet he will be doing something that sounds similiar, while jamming to Abba.

    100. Taban Said:

      You don’t get jail time for screwing up a court case.

    101. Pagan Said:

      wow -13 diggs huh… you guys aren’t too friendly with new comers I see..

    102. Vivica Said:

      In reality, Stoam would have required zero-g facilities in order to be manufactured, they were just a little ahead of their time.

    103. Fallon Said:

      Hell, Congressmen and Senators were tweeting *in congress* during President Obama’s first national address.

    104. Avery Said:

      twitter is so ***** stupid

    105. Chris Said:

      cool=)

    106. Orane Said:

      The real story here is that he doesn’t realize that he ***** up. It’s not the fact that he was twittering that was wrong, it’s the fact that he decided the defendants were guilty before having heard the defence.

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