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Unaccountable at the founding: the originalist case for anonymous juries.

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From: Yale Law Journal
Date: 20060501
Author:Langhofer, Kory A.

The "anonymous jury" is quickly emerging as a powerful tool to protect jurors. (1) Consider United States v. Skryock (2): The defendants were "extraordinarily violent" mobsters, drug lords, and killers. (3) They had a long history of "threatening, assaulting, killing, or attempting to kill potential witnesses." (4) To prevent jury tampering, the district court permanently sealed "the names, addresses, and places of employment of [venirepersons] and their spouses." (5) After hearing the evidence, the nameless jurors sent nine defendants to prison for life. (6) The jurors then ...

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