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Originally Posted by Stormieweather
Wanna bet judges start ordering tweeting out of their courtrooms?
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They can and usually do ban cell phones in the courthouse. The tweets would have been out in the real world by people watching it on TV. There's nothing the judge can do about that.
Experts telling lawyers how to tug on the heartstrings of the jury is a long and pretty advanced tradition. It's even what Dr. Phil did before he was discovered by Oprah and got his own TV show.
Edit: What surprises me is that somebody did it pro bono. They must have been fairly new to the field and were trying to build up their resume.