<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - Derek Chauvin: What happens next after his guilty conviction"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The world learned a number of details about the 12 jurors who recently pronounced former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin <a target="_blank" href="/story/news/nation/2021/04/20/derek-chauvin-how-americans-reacting-his-murder-conviction-george-floyd/7244927002/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">guilty in the murder</a> of George Floyd.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">They were a <a target="_blank" href="/story/news/nation/2021/03/23/derek-chauvin-trial-jury-selection/6956046002/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">racially diverse</a> group — six white Americans, four Black Americans and two mixed-race Americans — that include a dog lover, sports fan, single parent, insurance agent, nurse and retiree. But one thing remains a mystery: their names.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Anonymous juries continue to be rare, accounting for only around a dozen a year out of more than 100,000 jury trials nationally. But with the rise of social media and the ease of Internet searches, concerns over juror safety could lead to <a target="_blank" href="https://apnews.com/article/derek-chauvin-jury-anonymous-638ebffa133473fa89516d824adca1d7" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">more anonymous juries</a>, a shift that some legal scholars said could jeopardize the transparent nature of the legal system.</p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">“It’s been a slow and constant march toward this, and if in the end no one knows who’s on the jury people can lose faith in the system and see it as a faceless machine,” said Gregg Leslie, executive director of the First Amendment Clinic at Arizona State University’s law school in Phoenix. “Protecting privacy on a blanket basis will undermine the idea of an open and accountable society.”</p><figure class="gnt_em gnt_em_img"><img class="gnt_em_img_i" style="height:345px" data-g-r="lazy" src="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2021/04/20/USAT/4a7cdd5d-b03c-43a3-b40a-2950c3db37b2-Screen_Shot_2021-04-20_at_4.10.42_PM.png?width=660&height=345&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp" decoding="async" alt="Derek Chauvin is lead out of the courtroom in handcuffs after a guilty verdict is read during the trial of Derek Chauvin of the death of George Floyd at the courthouse in Minneapolis on April 20, 2021."/></figure><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">In all court cases, juror information is presumed public unless the government can make a case otherwise. Typically, judges keep jurors anonymous if they might be subject to physical harm, intimidation or undue media attention. Recent decisions to impanel anonymous juries include the upcoming racketeering...</p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/04/25/chauvin-trial-jury-anonymous-concerning-trend-us-justice/7342909002/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>
