Oct 8, 2010
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Justice in the Internet Age -Jury Trials Need to Change
This is not related to project management.
I read an article from the law firm, Miller Canfield, that suggests practices judges, courts and attorneys can take to restrict jurors from getting information about their trial from the internet.
You see, a jury is supposed to make its decision based solely on the evidence presented in court. In the age of internet enabled cell phones, access to the internet at home or a library, and even TV news-stories and documentaries about ongoing cases, jurors can easily get information from other places.
It seems to me that trying to control access to this information is a not a viable long-term strategy to preserving the accurate execution of justice.
Long-term, the way justice is determined needs to change. Ubiquitous access to information is only going to increase. It can’t be controlled by trying to limit it. The Justice System needs to find ways to adapt to the new landscape.
I can imagine that this is as seismic a shift in justice as was the introduction of public in education in a society or mass literacy. Both of these changes paved the foundation for our current system of trial by jury.
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