BY Kathleen Kerr
Newsday via amNewYork
NEW YORK — A juror’s attempt to strike up a Facebook relationship with a witness has put convictions at risk in the Black Sunday case of two firefighters who died trying to escape a Bronx inferno.
Defense attorneys, who want the verdicts set aside, say the juror sent the witness a computer message during the trial asking him to keep in contact via the Internet. The juror, whom attorneys would not name, apparently urged the witness to join Facebook - a Web site people use to track down old friends and make new ones. It was not clear what kind of electronic message the juror used to contact the witness.
The juror’s action breached rules forbidding contact with witnesses during a trial and could result in contempt charges, defense attorneys said.
Full story: Comer wants the court to impound the juror’s computer