Sentence examples for use of anonymous juries from inspiring English sources

A3 NATIONAL A14-17 Use of Anonymous Juries Is Becoming More Common The use of anonymous juries has spread in state and federal courts, sometimes to cases that are quite routine.

Mary Ellen Roy, a lawyer in New Orleans who represents news organizations, said the decision would be likely to increase the use of anonymous juries.

But it said that the routine use of anonymous juries might be justified "not in response to a particular need for juror protection or to withhold information," but "to accommodate jurors in an unfamiliar and intimidating setting".

In August, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in New Orleans, upheld the use of anonymous juries in the corruption trials of Edwin W. Edwards, the former governor of Louisiana, and Jim Brown, a former state insurance commissioner.

The use of "anonymous juries" is employed to protect jurors in controversial trials involving dangerous defendants from having to disclose their identities.

Proponents of anonymous juries question the legitimacy of such questioning and emphasize the unsought burdens of jury service.

"If it's done selectively, then it could send a message to the jury that there is something to be feared from this defendant," said Professor King, the leading proponent of anonymous juries.

Her lawyers told the Wisconsin Supreme Court that the use of an anonymous jury was unwarranted, given her age and size.

He dissented from a 1979 decision endorsing the use of an anonymous jury in an organized crime trial.

Nancy J. King, a law professor at Vanderbilt University, agrees that this is a danger, but says the solution is to use anonymous juries routinely.

At a minimum, journalists should minimize the use of anonymous sources, try to provide a sunset clause where they do use anonymous sources, provide more critical labeling of anonymous sources, and make more raw data (notes, interviews, etc).