Thank you for that... I didn't think mistrial was right after I posted but now I know for certain.
As for the limitation of Free Speech... what if it was just a publication ban? You can chat all you want with co-workers, family, strangers, etc. but the media is forbidden from publishing anything about it.
There just doesn't seem to be anything good that comes from the media splashing these people's mugs all over the place and publishing their second guesses.
Being able to profit from being on a jury just seems rather crazy to me and just doesn't seem right. I know if I was on a jury and some joker on the panel wrote about our deliberations I'd be pissed. It just seems to trivialize what is an important task (and yes I know Pauly Shore has already been there and done that...
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