‘Nobody Wants to Be There, Dude’: How a Juror’s Podcast Led to an Appeal
The New York Times, March 12, 2021: ‘Nobody Wants to Be There, Dude’: How a Juror’s Podcast Led to an Appeal
“Like many New Yorkers, Jake Letizia, a freelance video editor and standup comedian, holds strong opinions and loves to share them. But when he was selected for jury duty in Manhattan more than a year ago, he and his fellow jurors received strict instructions from the judge not to talk about the case with anyone.
Yet as the trial progressed, Mr. Letizia regularly complained about his jury service on his weekly podcast, called Talkin’ to Myself, which attracts a modest audience on platforms like YouTube and Spotify.”
Additional reading:
The New York Times, March 7, 2021: How to Find an Impartial Jury in the Trial Over George Floyd’s Death
ACLU, January 22, 2019: It’s Perfectly Constitutional to Talk About Jury Nullification
