Private investigators take notice, jurors may have been Twittering or Facebooking in a recent Bridgewater, MA case.

My recent blog entry in March 2009, mentions jurors may be Twittering and or Facebooking. Will ever jury trial need private investigators to conduct due diligence on every juror? Should they be checking text messages, Facebook, Twitter, etc.?

"Clare Werner, 63, a former bookkeeper at the college, was sentenced Thursday to three years in state prison. After the sentencing in Plymouth County Superior Court in Brockton, Werner’s court-appointed attorney, Brian A. Kelley, said he filed a motion for a new trial as a result of the actions of two jurors. The jurors, according to Kelley, committed violations during the seven-day trial by posting messages about the case on their Facebook.com pages. “They were inviting comments about the case on their pages,” Kelley said in an interview. “This may have had some influence over the jurors’ opinions ... This is a violation of the juror’s oath.” Kelley said he believes a hearing will be held in May on the motion for a new trial."

Link: http://www.enterprisenews.com/news/cops_and_courts/x1757754121/Bridgewater-woman-going-to-prison-for-stealing-350-000-from-Bridgewater-State-College?popular=true