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Originally Posted by JoeD
AFAIK, you're allowed to discuss anything about the trial with the exception of anything that goes on in the deliberation room. Post trial that is, during the trial I'm not sure where the limits are, although deliberation room discussions are off limits both during and after.
There was a juror who was imprisoned for contacting a defendant via facebook and I recall another case where a juror did research on the net and brought it up during discussions, can't remember what happened in that case though.
What jurors can and cannot discuss has been brought up as a concern in the past, both because they sometimes talk about things they shouldn't which can impact the case (or previous cases) or they don't discuss things they could which some say can lead to added stress/anxiety developing from some of the nastier cases.
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Yes, that's true. The official guidance about what you can and can't do is
here.