What is an "innominate jury"?

[FakeNoose]

Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innominate_jury

An innominate jury, also known as an anonymous jury, is a jury whose members are kept anonymous by court order. This may be requested by the prosecution or defense in order to protect the jury from the media, potential jury tampering, or social pressure to return a particular verdict.

In some cases, the identity of the jury is not revealed to anyone; in other cases, the identity of the jury is revealed to the prosecution and defense, but not released to the public or media.

In most jurisdictions, several criteria are used to determine if an anonymous jury is appropriate. The defendant's involvement in organized crime, the defendant's participation in a group with the capacity to harm jurors, the defendant's past attempts to interfere with the judicial process, the potential that the defendant will get a long jail sentence or substantial fines if convicted, and extensive publicity that could expose jurors to intimidation or harassment are situations in which an innominate jury may be appropriate.

The INNOMINATE (or anonymous) jury allows the jury members to view the trial proceedings behind a screen or from another room. The jury can't be seen by the defendant, the lawyers or any other attendees in the courtroom. However the jury can see and hear all testimony and other activities that are part of the trial. It's not the same thing as sequestering, as I have learned.

In the past few years innominate juries have been used for trials where there was a possibility of jury intimidation or tampering, or where there was high media interest in the outcome of the verdict.

With Chump's recent forays into in witness intimidation already happening, doesn't it make sense for courts to establish innominate juries for their own safety?

[gab13by13]

1. Will have to give them all Groucho Marx disguises.

[Chainfire]

4. You are on the right track, but I think that is should be Trump masks. That way the old boy

would know he was getting a fair trial.

[WheelWalker]

9. Guy Fawkes masks.

[Sneederbunk]

11. Paper bags are cheaper.

[dchill]

12. It worked for the unknown comic!

[Chainfire]

2. That means that neither the prosecution nor the defendant can "read" the jury to see what is working

and what is putting them to sleep. I would think that installing one way glass would be a reasonable solution; the judge could monitor the jurors by camera to see who was sleeping.

If I were a Trump juror, I would feel much safer if no one knew who I was. There are just too many nuts with guns out there and the hate can last long after the trial is over.

[Takket]

6. sleeping jurors......

[Scrivener7]

3. In my world, innominates are hip bones.

[Chainfire]

5. Or how DeSantis is going to end up.

[fierywoman]

7. I vote for one-way glass between the jurors and the rest of the courtroom.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. Such a jury was used in the CJ Carroll rape/defamation case against TFG

[rubbersole]

10. tfg would reveal their identity in a second.

The judge in DC is ready for this piece of shit.

[ancianita]

13. Great job, thanks! So he's got a past! Which Jack Smith knows about.

Of course it makes perfect sense, and for this case, I'd not expect Chutkan to decide otherwise.

It's a long time between now and Jan 2, so yeah, dirty donnie is more than just a bail risk.

Gotta love wikipedia. I use it all the time.

[kentuck]

14. In my opinion...

It does make sense, under the present circumstances.

An "innominate" jury might be appropriate?

[ChoppinBroccoli]

15. Speaking As A Trial Attorney...........

..........my first question is how would one ever be able to conduct Voir Dire? Although now that I've just said that, I suppose you could do it without knowing their names. They would still have to reveal personal details about their lives, though. Otherwise, how would you ever know if you had a truly impartial jury?

I do agree that you have to treat Trump like a mobster, because he WILL try to corrupt the jury and/or "out" them to his loyal army of drooling sycophants.

[summer_in_TX]

16. Adam Schiff and many Dems are pushing

for televised proceedings.

That would put jury members at risk because it'd be hard to keep them anonymous. The screen or two-way mirror idea sounds like it'd be the only way to quickly and easily do that, seems to me.