The Baltimore Sun details the social networking exploits of the jurors, which include a number of messages between each other, wall comments from outsiders and an offline visit between two members. The mayor’s lawyers are now investigating whether the Facebook communication could be used as grounds for an appeal.
Although it sounds like there is some fairly convincing evidence in the case, it would seem the lawyers have a point -- especially considering that the jurors ultimately ended up meeting offline, which would be a clear violation of the judge’s orders.
Beyond that though, it’s yet another example of how embedded social media has become in our lives, as the initial Facebook friending was almost certainly just an afterthought for the jurors and not a deliberate attempt to disobey the judge. Now, we'll wait and see if it's enough (as well as some other issues the lawyers are looking into) to give the mayor another shot at acquittal.
[via techdirt]