SACRAMENTO — Happy holidays, Googling and Tweeting jurors. State judicial leaders say that while your e-behavior threatens court proceedings, you shouldn’t face misdemeanor charges because of it.
The Judicial Council on Friday agreed to ask the Legislature next year to effectively repeal 2011 legislation—legislation it supported—that threatened fines or even jail time for jurors who willfully disobey a judge’s order not to research a case or yak about it online.
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