Sleuth is starting to think that people serving on juries should be barred from using any electronics the second they swear in. VMworld is still in full swing but this deserves to be noted.

Hadley Jons, of Warren just north of Detroit, was on the jury in a case of resisting arrest. On a day off from the case she posted the following message on Facebook:

"Gonna be fun to tell the defendant they're guilty," Associated Press reports.

Leaving aside the obvious breach of ethics, it appears that the prosecution hadn't even finished giving evidence. Jons also seems to have little regard for Facebook privacy settings, since the posting was discovered by defence attorney Saleema Sheikh's son.

"I'm really proud of him," Sheikh said.

Jons has now been removed from the case and may be found in contempt when she returns to the Macomb County circuit court on Thursday.

"I would like to see her get some jail time, nothing major, a few hours or overnight," Sheikh said. "This is the jury system. People need to know how important it is."

01 Sep 2010