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Kayla Epstein | |
in New York | |
The jury | |
in this case is anonymous, meaning their names are not supposed to be made | |
public. | |
Trump | |
and the prosecutors need to know the names of the jurors in order to check | |
their backgrounds for bias or other compromising factors, explained Anna | |
Cominsky, a professor at New York Law School. | |
“What makes | |
this case really different is, we usually see the jury secrecy - an anonymous | |
jury - when it’s the defendant or potential witnesses who we’re concerned about | |
[learning their identities], she said. “This became common with mafia | |
cases.” | |
“This is | |
so different because it’s not people inside the courtroom we’re concerned about - it’s people outside the courtroom we’re concerned about,” Cominsky said. | |
Trump inspires | |
both intense criticism and loyalty from different corners of the public. A | |
juror who is publicly identified, even by online sleuths, could face a deluge | |
of threats and vitriol. | |
Justice Merchan, Cominsky said, must walk a fine line between protecting the jurors and maintaining transparency in such an important case. | |
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