After a jury foreman wrote on Facebook during the trial of alleged gang members that the proceedings were boring, defense attorneys issued subpoenas to Facebook and the foreman for the postings.
The judge ordered the foreman to authorize Facebook to release the postings. That order was upheld by the appeals court without comment. -db
From The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, February 11, 2011, by Rachel Costello with additional reporting by Lyndsey Wajert.