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Old 01-22-2009, 03:27 PM
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I recently served as a juror on a murder trial. The defendant was charged with 6 counts of murder but is known to have been responsible for about 20 murders. Our verdict was guilty on all 6 counts.

My issue is that while I was attending the sentencing I spoke with a reporter from the AP. He asked for my name, and where I worked. I answered not thinking anything of it. Well, now my name and where I work was printed in articles about the case such as NY Daily News and on all these other websites including gangland. It actually said I was on of the jurors who convicted the defendant. I feel as if this was wrong for anyone to print this information. I was doing my civic duty by getting this murderer off the street and now I'm in fear of my safety. Do I have a case against this reporter?
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Hi there,

I recently served as a juror on a murder trial. The defendant was charged with 6 counts of murder but is known to have been responsible for about 20 murders. Our verdict was guilty on all 6 counts.

My issue is that while I was attending the sentencing I spoke with a reporter from the AP. He asked for my name, and where I worked. I answered not thinking anything of it. Well, now my name and where I work was printed in articles about the case such as NY Daily News and on all these other websites including gangland. It actually said I was on of the jurors who convicted the defendant. I feel as if this was wrong for anyone to print this information. I was doing my civic duty by getting this murderer off the street and now I'm in fear of my safety. Do I have a case against this reporter?
No. You gave this information to the reporter.
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Old 01-22-2009, 03:49 PM
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Hi there,

I recently served as a juror on a murder trial. The defendant was charged with 6 counts of murder but is known to have been responsible for about 20 murders. Our verdict was guilty on all 6 counts.

My issue is that while I was attending the sentencing I spoke with a reporter from the AP. He asked for my name, and where I worked. I answered not thinking anything of it. Well, now my name and where I work was printed in articles about the case such as NY Daily News and on all these other websites including gangland. It actually said I was on of the jurors who convicted the defendant. I feel as if this was wrong for anyone to print this information. I was doing my civic duty by getting this murderer off the street and now I'm in fear of my safety. Do I have a case against this reporter?
The bolded words say it all. It was your choice: you weren't thinking. Consequences occur.
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Old 01-22-2009, 04:23 PM
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Immoral Liberal Media

It was immoral - but that's what the Liberal Media is all about!
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It was immoral - but that's what the Liberal Media is all about!
It's not immoral. You were talking to a REPORTER. You freely gave out the information. What did you THINK was going to happen?!? Oh yeah, you weren't thinking
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Old 01-22-2009, 04:26 PM
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It was immoral - but that's what the Liberal Media is all about!
If that makes you feel better.

(The truth is that you spoke to the reporter. S/He reported.)
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Old 01-22-2009, 04:57 PM
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Ooh, looks like I pushed a button kids.

Whatever your responses are I won't be seeing it as I'm done wasting my time talking to libs. The rest is amoungst yourselves.

Have fun with each other!
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Whatever your responses are I won't be seeing it as I'm done wasting my time talking to libs.
Whatever makes you think I am a liberal? Because I disagreed with your (completely unsupportable) position?
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The rest is amoungst yourselves.
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We often do, thanks!
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