UK jury acquits Spacey https://apnews.com/article/kevin-spacey-sexual-assault-trial-london-jury-deliberations-85cb3957c60de1a7b1e03a26dc278d95
On Wed, Jun 28, 2023, 8:13 PM Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> wrote: > A couple decades ago, I was on a jury for a civil trial in Federal court > that was officially sequestered when we went to deliberations - which only > took a few hours, so they didn't have to decide whether or not they were > going to sequester us overnight. (We did get lunch on Uncle Sam's dime.) > Because this was a boring employment discrimination case that wouldn't > particularly have interested the news media, I suspect the sequestration > was more of a formality so that they could have a U.S. marshal watching to > make sure that none of the jurors disappeared at that point in the > proceedings. > > > On Jun 28, 2023, at 7:00 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > It’s pretty rare in the US too… > > On Wed, 28 Jun 2023 at 1:38 PM Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Sequestering juries is pretty rare in the UK. Probably in part because >> there are much tighter reporting restrictions on UK court cases - which >> includes *everyone*. The only reporting allowed is what factually took >> place in court - no commenting, theorising or anything else. Even random >> TikTok-ers doing catch-ups would be considered sub judice in the UK, and >> could lead to a mistrial. (Quite what would happen if what occurred on Tik >> Tok and YouTube with the US Depp/Heard case had happened with the prior UK >> case, I'm not sure). >> >> Anyway, it means that there is less of an issue of needing to put >> jurors in a hotel to avoid seeing prejudicial coverage. >> >> >> >> Adam >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 1:33 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> From the judge's opening remarks, it sounds as though the jury won't be >>> sequestered... >>> >>> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/kevin-spacey-uk-criminal-trial-start-1235524626/ >>> (link) >>> B >>> >>> Moi, Nov 16th 2022: >>> >>> They're up to 12. The first five will be heard in June. >>> >>> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/kevin-spacey-sexual-offenses-uk-charge-1235263036/ >>> (link) >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/b9b9bf45-502c-4f3e-947f-5b8a2e27d4c0n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/b9b9bf45-502c-4f3e-947f-5b8a2e27d4c0n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGAmMQ-KKisDVF4O4EF-Q9x%2BshGMC9SzrP7QBR9FkDX0RA%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGAmMQ-KKisDVF4O4EF-Q9x%2BshGMC9SzrP7QBR9FkDX0RA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYLEzZJjQTAmLn2i3BdPNrLupXncZYh7bJShhVpThcpK1g%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYLEzZJjQTAmLn2i3BdPNrLupXncZYh7bJShhVpThcpK1g%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/0DA156B9-585B-4023-8ED7-92AF7E8C1FDF%40ellwanger.tv > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/0DA156B9-585B-4023-8ED7-92AF7E8C1FDF%40ellwanger.tv?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yxpXK0o9N%3D%3D%3D1X8NX7%2B0vOVLUqBkY7rnWD3xiC-x9HM%3DQ%40mail.gmail.com.
