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The 'Post-Fact' Jury In The 'Fake News' Era

By Ross Laguzza ( August 20, 2018, 2:54 PM EDT) -- In late 2016, I raised the question of whether the birth of the "fake news" era would encroach upon the jury decision process. Indeed, it was an intentionally tantalizing but earnest question, which pondered whether jurors would be more likely than they already were to disregard facts and evidence that did not conveniently line up with their beliefs. I started collecting data to see whether the typical juror was tracking the issue, and whether it seeped into deliberations in our research and/or in post-trial interviews....

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