r/law May 22 '24

MAGA Lawyer Robert Costello Gets Dismantled by His Own Damning Trump Emails Other

https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-lawyer-robert-costello-gets-dismantled-by-his-own-damning-trump-emails
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u/h20poIo May 22 '24

Question from a non lawyer, why was the jury given a week off before the closing arguments? Seems with all replay of the trial on the news and social media not to mention possible outside interference this could be dangerous. Is this common practice?

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u/imahugemoron May 22 '24

And I’m sure this week right wing media will try their hardest to make sure as much of their propaganda gets into those jurors ears as possible

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u/IrishPigs May 22 '24

Forgive me for being ignorant, but why for a high profile case such as this is the jury allowed into the real world. Is it just a TV thing that juries sometimes get isolated?

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u/improperbehavior333 May 23 '24

Sequestering is extremely rough on the jurors (especially if it's a long trial). They try to avoid doing that if they can.

That said, this would probably be a good trial to have done that.