Category Archives: Jury Duty
New Michigan Jury Rules Starting September 1
The Michigan Supreme Court has announced new jury rules that will take begin this September. Jurors will be allowed to pose questions to witnesses, take notes, get mid-trial commentaries from lawyers and in civil cases discuss the evidence during the … Continue reading
Filed under Jury Duty, Uncategorized
Warren Juror Gets Fine and Homework For Her Facebook Post
Earlier this week we posted about the juror who was dismissed from duty after a comment she left on her facebook page. Today the Judge dealt her the consequences. Hadley Jons, the Warren woman who was removed from a jury … Continue reading
Filed under Holly Valente, Jury Duty, Social Media And The Law
Macomb County Juror In Trouble For Facebook Post
We’ve posted a few blogs about ways facebook, your phone , and emails , might not be as private as you think. Today we get one more example to prove our case. A Macomb County Juror was removed from jury … Continue reading
Jailed because of Jury Duty
There’s an interesting article in the Detroit Free Press today about a woman in Oakland County who’s being jailed for 24 hours because she was late for jury duty. As a stay at home mom she had an issue finding … Continue reading
Filed under Contempt of Court, Jury Duty
