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Ethics

Lawyers have an obligation to inform the court of evidence of jury bias discovered through social media

The Legal Intelligencer

December 4, 2012

I am an attorney who is about to begin a jury trial. I have obtained a list of all of the jurors and have gone on social media to learn about some of these jurors. I see information that would show that some jurors are extremely biased one way or the other. Do I have an ethical duty to advise the court if the jurors don't state the bias they are showing in social media when they are questioned?

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