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dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts) Wed Jul 22, 2015, 06:27 PM Jul 2015

Judges bans Newsweek from courthouse in Aurora movie shooting trial

CENTENNIAL, Colo. - On Wednesday, the judge in the Aurora movie theater shooting trial banned Newsweek from the courthouse premises for the rest of the proceedings.

The national news outlet tweeted the jury foreman's name last week.

The defense team was able to pull up and print the tweet Wednesday morning.

The defense requested the organization and its reporters be banned for violating court procedures protecting the jurors' privacy and the judge agreed.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/movie-theater-shooting/theater-shooting-trial-judge-bans-newsweek-from-being-on-the-court-house-premises-for-rest-of-trial

&^!!#$ Newsweek could have caused a mistrial.

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Judges bans Newsweek from courthouse in Aurora movie shooting trial (Original Post) dixiegrrrrl Jul 2015 OP

Good. They should be barred from all courthouses for that. WillowTree Jul 2015 #1

Who is that "Newsweek" of whom you speak? El Supremo Jul 2015 #2

WillowTree

(5,325 posts)

1. Good. They should be barred from all courthouses for that.

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Wed Jul 22, 2015, 06:31 PM

Jul 2015

And by the way, what an effing stupid thing to do.......on oh so many levels.

El Supremo

(20,365 posts)

2. Who is that "Newsweek" of whom you speak?

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Wed Jul 22, 2015, 06:36 PM

Jul 2015

I remember a magazine once with that name, but it went bye-bye.

I doubt that you could call a mistrial because of a juror being outed. But Newsweek could have been found in contempt of court.

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