Texas Court Holds First U.S. Jury Trial Via Videoconferencing

They should vote for Death & then someone should flush the toilet.

That's the jury? Dont they have to remain anonymous?

This sets a dangerous precedent, as does the notion of Congress passing laws remotely. No surprise Texas is the first to do it. An unconstitutional hoodwinking is taking place with the consent of the panic stricken public....

SSDI determinations are done by video sometimes to utilize judges from other areas, with some benefits. However, SSDI cases in person have a 3% increase in approval, rather than the video conference, and disability lawyers prefer when it's done in person. They also provide the choice to clients, so choosing in person over video is your right (video conference can just move things along quicker). That's just with one judge vs an entire jury.

I could see some benefit with this when juries outside of jurisdictions are needed, and maybe people would participate more if they weren't forced into dealing with tedious inconveniences, like parking, driving expenses, and so on -- but at the same time, I agree, there could be a risk of negative outcomes using this method.

Juries are a right and supposed to protect people, but the process has been in need of serious reexamination as it is, before heading into uncharted territory such as this.

[quote]Juries are a right and supposed to protect people, but the process has been in need of serious reexamination as it is, before heading into uncharted territory such as this.

I agree. Inside a court room, you can't google information about the trial and are a captive audience.

Also, I have no empirical evidence, but big trials like OJ and Weinstein are already a circus surrounded by media frenzy. Seems like this would add to that, not to mention "watching" a trial on your computer like you were watching an episode of Perry Mason only adds to the melodrama. As it is, people have taken decades of court dramas into the courts and have completely unrealistic expectations about what happens, what the burden of proof is, and how lawyers act.

Someone votes for the Death 💀 Penalty when they’d rather shoot their wife who’s nagging at them in the background!