Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Judge Prohibits Blackberry Use by Jurors
There will be no Twittering in the courtroom.
As jury selection in the blockbuster trial of famed philanthropist Brooke Astor's son opened Monday, a Manhattan judge told 200 potential jurors to put away their BlackBerrys.
"I understand there is a temptation to review [news] stories," Supreme Court Justice Kirke Bartley said as he ordered panel members to stay away from their computers. "You are not to conduct research...particularly on the Internet."
"Blogging, BlackBerrys, whatever," are prohibited, he said in the nearly 10-minute lecture.
March 31, 2009 in Technology, Trials, Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
