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Tsarnaev Supreme Court appeal: Do unbiased jurors exist in an age of social media?

  • Written by Thaddeus Hoffmeister, Law Professor, University of Dayton
imageIs it possible to have a jury whose members are unbiased?Raymond Boyd/Getty Images

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument on Oct. 13, 2021, in the case of Dzokhar Tsarnaev, the lone surviving Boston Marathon bomber. While much of the news coverage has focused on whether the court will uphold the death penalty for Tsarnaev, the case also...

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