July 22, 2010

Chicago News Cooperative
To make a point against the media’s request for jurors’ names, Judge James Zagel brought up a July 4 Chicago Tribune article that stated, “The news media want juror’s names, so they can try to interview them about their deliberations after the verdict.” The judge suggested that this was a weak argument, reports Daniel Libit.

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