Facebook Use Lands Juror In Jail

The last thing that you would expect when signing on to Facebook is that you will end up in jail because of it.  Unless you’re a juror in a trial and you decide to share posts with the defendant.  Then your 8 month contempt of court jail sentence might not be that surprising.

Sky News reports: “The first juror to be prosecuted for contempt of court for using the internet has been jailed for eight months, after her online activities led to a retrial in a multi-million pound drugs case.  Mother-of-three Joanne Fraill, who admitted at London’s High Court to using Facebook to communicate with a defendant in a drug trial, was distraught when sentenced.The 40-year-old, who also has three stepchildren, used the social networking website to swap messages with Jamie Sewart, in the third of four trials.”