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Jurorjailed Over Online Researc
Jurorjailed Over Online Researc
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5. thecrimeofattackingsomeffevidentlyandcausingveryseriousiniuries
9 . a punishment
in whichsomeoneis sentto prison
1 0 . dme that someone wlll have to spend in prlson only lf hey commlt anoher cdme wihin a fixed period
1 3 . a verb(usuatly
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Jurorjailedover online research 9 Judgesau hercounsel, ChadesParry,hadmade
jailedforsk
leclnerTleodonDailas
Uniwrsity a pl6ato thecourlto be mercifulandimposea
monthslot tusoardlingqiminal defedant wttilo suspended senlence. Rejeclingtheplea,Judge
saidtherewas no sjlficient basisfor sJspension.
servltuonjuy
Ou6n Bowcott 10 Hesaidothorjuforslfero obviously concsmed
23January2012 asjumrswere
lo ensur€thattheirresponsibililies
pmperly dbchaeed.ll alsodemonstrates thal
A brmeruni\rsrsity
leclut€rwho caniedoutonline th6yhadfulVunderstood the prohibitionagainsl
resaarchabouta criminal
defsndantwhiteseMng useof inlemel.-.Herconduclin visiting
ths
asa iurorhasbeenjailedforsix monlhs. inleme4rapeatedlywasdirecllyconlrary to hsr
oathas I jumr.'
Theodora Dallas,34,whoteughtpsychologyat
thoUni\ersityof Bedfordshirc,
wasfoundguilty 11 Dellas,slreadysuspendedbylhe university,
has
ofcontemptof courtbythreehighcourtjudges. no./resignedherpostatlhe maincampusin
including
LordJudge,lhe LordChiefJustice. Lulon.Thecourthadproviouslyheardthatshe
rvasa womanof'goodcharadef,andlhatshe
Thocasehighlighls thegruryimpmblemcourts hadgaineda degr€einthe U( havirEanived
facain ensuringjuors do nolusethe inlernet
1o fromGreecsas a 19yearoH.
in'/esligate
casesin an orawhenlookingup hds
one @mpul6rseomsan increasingly 12 Ina heeringlastweelqshesail shehadbeen
natufalinstincl. checkinglha meaning of gl'.iewrcbodilyham
onlhe inl€mellhenaddedtheword'Luton'to
Dallas,whoconductod herrssearch al home, a seardrwhichproduced a newspaper reporl
wasa jurorinth6trialat LulonCrownCourtin mentioningthatMedlock hadpreviously faced
JUV2011.Shatoldmombers olthe iurywhat an allegation
of rape.ll showedheh8dbeen
shehadbund outaboutlhe debndant,Barry acquitlodoflhe chargsandincluded information
Medlodqwhowasontrialbr causinggrievous notdisclosed durjnghistrial.
bodilyharm.Thejudgehadto haltthe cas6aner
d'rsco\Ering
whathadoccuned,thoughMedlock to lhejudges,
13 In a writtenwitnessstatement
wesewnluallyrelrisl andfoundguilty. Dallasadmitted thatSometimesmygraspof
English is notthatgood'.
Dallaswillservethreemonthsandbe on licencg
forlheremainder oftheterm. 14 'l didnolunderslanC thatI couldmakenosearch
onlha inlemel.'Dallasexolained. 'l hadno
Contempl poceedingswerelaunched bythe intentional allof prejudicing
thejuryin anyway.
AttomeyGeneral,DominicGrieve.Thejudges I hadnointention ofdisobeying whatthejudge
retusedDallaspermission
to appealbntshecan said.I reallyapologizo.I n6\Erlhoughl itwouH
nonethelesseppvdirEcllylochallenge causesuchdisruolion.'
lhs decision.
15 Th6courlhead thatshehadsuffered deorsssion.
TheLod ChiefJusticssaidDallas,whowasin il omergedlhatDallashadcaniedoutinlernet
cou( forthehearing,heddeliberatetydisobeyed |asearch whilejuroc wereconsilering
thetrialjudge'sinstructions
notto search their\€rdicl.
theinlemalard add€d:Tha damageto the
adminittration
ofiustbois obMous.' 18 Judgeacknoillodged thatsuchcasesposeda
relatilelynoveldilemma br thecourls.'\ffeare
Sonlencing Dallas,hosail: 'Misus6ofthe lryinglo produce a simpleformulafor uso,'he
internetby a iuroris ahuaysa mostserbus said.Thb b a r€lativelynewarea.'
inegularityandan efiec{ivecuslod;al
sentence
is
'17Afferthesenlence
virluallvinevitable.' waspassed,Grielesau:'l iake
nopieasurein bringirE
suchc€sesbuttheysend
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animportafit message- By heradionMsDallas 2010 foundthaltwooul ofthreejurorsdo nolfully
haneda lrislwhir$wasnearcompletion ard asije underslandthe legaldiredionsgivenlo themby
fom thefinancialimplicatioRs,
heractionsresulbd judgeswhonthey.elireto consiisrlheirwrdids.
inlhe vidim inlhe casebeingforced10retumto
courtandgi\e evidencebr a secordtirn€. 20 Jurorsdeemedto havemisbehaved areregularly
beinggivsncustodialsentences.ln December
18 TherBc€nbolittledoubtlhatrepeated wamirgs 2011,MatthswBanks,19,wasjailedfortwo
weregi\Bnto lvlsDallasandh€rbllolvjurorsaslo weeksaflerhe prBlendedto besickandinstead
lhe pohibitiononcondudingreseachido thecas€ went1oa libst Endmusicalin Londonwhen
whidrtheyworatying. Onlythreeweeksearlier, hewassupposed lo beser$ngona
theSolktorGenenlpmsscuted julorJoanne Manchestarjury.
Fraillfordiscussing
a lrialon Faceboo[a case
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m6ntioned bythsjudg€h hisdirgclionstothsjury.'
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19 Thedutiesimposed onjurorsarebecoming mora
rigorous.
A reportforths Minislryof Justicein
2 . MsDallasdidonlinoresearchintolh6 dafendant
...
... a1home.
D . ... at an intemetcaf6.
... in courlon hersmartphon8.
Shesaidshehadcaniedoutthe researchb€cause..-
... shewantedto fnd outwhetherMedlock
hada crimlnalrecord.
o. -.. shswantedto lookupa legallerm-
... shecomesfromGreece.
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lrabh the verbson tlre left with tlre words on the right b makecollocationsfrom he arliclo.Discusstheir
meaningsand makeexamplosenlencesfor eachons.
1. tnd a. 0naJury
2. inwstigale b. ajury
3. challengs c. ofacharge
4. faco d. guilty
5. acquitted a. a decision
8. preiudice f. an allegation
7. halt g. rcsearch
8. givo h. evidenco
L conduct i. a lrial
10. consider J. C€SeS