"Judge John Kane On ‘Mistrial By Google"
“Mistrial by Google” is a worrying phenomenon, but one that can be overcome by smart trial management, says Senior U.S. Judge John Kane of Colorado’s federal trial court.
Googling is the new national pastime, but it’s one that simply won’t fly if you’re on a jury. Even so, with such vast stores information but a few taps of the smartphone away, jurors increasingly yield to the impulse to conduct their own online research rather than rely solely on information presented at trial. Kane talked with Stephanie West Allen’s Ideablawg about ways to prevent mistrials due to juror Googling.
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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