Posted on 07/27/2011 6:14:28 AM PDT by truthkeeper
ORLANDO, Fla. — The names of jurors who served during Casey Anthony’s first-degree murder trial will remain secret until October, according to a ruling Tuesday by Chief Judge Belvin Perry.
Ordinarily, juror names become public in Florida once a verdict is rendered.
Perry’s 12-page ruling said the names of 14 of the 17 jurors will remain private until Oct. 25. Several jurors already have stepped forward and spoken to the media, at least one under condition of anonymity.
In June, Perry entered an order barring the release of the jurors’ names "until further order of this court."
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The reason the jurors names are released at all is for some accountability and to prevent jury tampering and misconduct. If someone when into a jury knowing that they would forever remain anonymous, that would be problematic at best for the system.
Early juries (Saxon) were comprised of well known people in the area who knew the offenders and could size people up quickly.
But what kind of ‘justice’ do you want meted out to the jurors?
I can tell you if they release the names of the jurors I’ll never sit on a jury again.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=79894&page=1
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Star_Chamber.aspx
CCP 237
237. (a) (1) The names of qualified jurors drawn from the qualified juror list for the superior court shall be made available to the public upon request unless the court determines that a compelling interest, as defined in subdivision (b), requires that this information should be kept confidential or its use limited in whole or in part.
(2) Upon the recording of a jury's verdict in a criminal jury proceeding, the court's record of personal juror identifying information of trial jurors, as defined in Section 194, consisting of names, addresses, and telephone numbers, shall be sealed until further order of the court as provided by this section.
(b) Any person may petition the court for access to these records. The petition shall be supported by a declaration that includes facts sufficient to establish good cause for the release of the juror's personal identifying information. The court shall set the matter for hearing if the petition and supporting declaration establish a prima facie showing of good cause for the release of the personal juror identifying information, but shall not set the matter for hearing if there is a showing on the record of facts that establish a compelling interest against disclosure. A compelling interest includes, but is not limited to, protecting jurors from threats or danger of physical harm. If the court does not set the matter for hearing, the court shall by minute order set forth the reasons and make express findings either of a lack of a prima facie showing of good cause or the presence of a compelling interest against disclosure.
There is only one reason people would want the names released. Vengeance.
I see nothing wrong with jurors having to face the wrath of the public over this.....not in a physical way. We the people should have a transparent justice system. Sunshine exposes flaws and failings of our system....hiding in the dark is where evil is, we don’t need that. I have no sympathy for the hapless jurors who imposed this travesty upon us.
I wish the jurors never get a good night sleep again. They should never be allowed to sit on a jury either.
it is also for conviction cases.
in this case we have a not guilty, death threats, and violence (see court employee who was attacked)
even some of the comments here.
I don’t have a problem with the delay. But I don’t think it should be permanent either, just long enough for cooler heads to prevail.
Like I said before...the press already knows the names of all of them and can easily access the jurors in an attempt to get their stories regardless of this silly ban. In fact, that has already happened with several of these jurors.
These people can run but they cannot hide in this modern technological age. As an aside, my opinion of this judge drops daily. Choices have consequences and sooner or later these jurors will have to fully face the consequences of the choice they made. No Judge can protect them from reality.
Where and when was a court employee attacked? I didn’t hear about that.
And the consequences are to have to face the Public they were serving and fully and rationally explain how they reached the verdict they did reach. IMO rationality had little to NO play in this verdict which is why these jurors are unable to VERBALLY face the public. IMO that is an excellent reason why these people should never have been placed on that jury or any other jury in the first place.
“I sat on the Casey Anthony jury and all I got was this lousy t-shirt.”
Like I said. Vengeance.
Maybe the state legislature would vote to withold jurors' names in an organized crime case, but in this type of situation, it's not going to happen.
The jurors in cases like this will have to live with their verdict.
Thanks for the update, truthkeeper. I’ve missed all you guys. Despite the horrible crime it was so nice to get to know you all.
Maybe it’s good to hold off the jurors’ names until this thing cools off.
Did you hear that one of the networks will not interview Anthony unless she takes a polygraph test? Which got me thinking - was she ever given one in the first place? Of course, given her lying capacity combined with her complete lack of conscience, she’d probably pass it.
polygraphs are a joke. about as valid as phrenology
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