Lawyers Use Facebook in Jury Selection: Robertson Tuesday, November 9, 2010 PLANO -- "It's amazing what people will post publicly," says Plano divorce attorney Rick Robertson, acknowledging a trend of lawyers checking out Facebook pages before selecting a jury.
Attorneys have admitted that they look at the Facebook pages of witnesses and the opposing side in a case, but using Facebook to evaluate the social mores of potential jurors is new.
"These things can come back to bite you," Robertson says. "Through what people post of Facebook you can get some perspective on how they would feel about excessive drinking by one of the parties, or about extramarital affairs."
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