The jury should have been sequestered during the entire trial. eom

[mfcorey1]

[Anon-C]

1. I can't bear to look...the Manafort jury was not sequestered?

[PoliticAverse]

2. No they weren't. n/t

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

3. Acquittal time? Hope not.

Money makes humans crazy.

[RealNewzFakePrez]

4. sequestered from the judge

[NCTraveler]

5. I assumed that they were considering the media involvement.

It would be difficult to avoid seeing it on the news or having friends ask you about it.

Also, considering Manaforts connections, there would be concern of outside interference.

I was a juror on a criminal trial once and I read a news story about it. I was going to work extremely early to get things done before my juror duties started and an office mate left it on my desk. I'm only human. I read it. The judge started each day when we walked in by asking us if we had discussed or seen anything about the trial. I told her I had read a story and told her what paper it was in. They went and found a copy of the paper and the judge, prosecution and defense read it. They said no problem.