Why would they ask about social media at all?
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morphballganon@lemmy.world 7 months ago
The court has more important things to do than inquire about your internet history, and you’d have to be a moron to bring up the subject.
Why would they ask about social media at all?
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 7 months ago
BertramDitore@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Because it’s in everyone’s best interest that people with overt bias are dismissed. In high profile cases it’s standard practice for both sides to do pretty intensive research on individual prospective jurors (they get a list), and that often includes scouring the web for their social media accounts. If they find something you posted, and you didn’t disclose your account when asked, you could be in trouble.
I don’t think it’s usually standard to ask specifically about social media accounts, at least in normal mundane cases, but in a crazy case like this, it can say a lot about a person’s ability to be impartial.
mean_bean279@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Somehow I feel like you haven’t read the news in the last 72 hours…
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Man it must be nice to live in wherever bubble @morphballganon is in.
JustZ@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I don’t know either. I don’t do any TV news. There must more important things going on than jury selection in loser Trump’s case. That said, what happened with this social media jury thing?
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Well_
It’s the first criminal prosecution of a US President, ever.
Like it’s never happened before. So from a history, unique event perspective there is that.
But also, yeah it’s like totally non news for one person to be in the jury selection process for a trial.
The news is that Court room reporters via Fox were basically doing jurors.
FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 7 months ago
I read the news and i also have absolutely zero idea why this question is being asked. Can you please link me to whatever i need to see to understand this thread?