Are You Paying Attention?

It was reported this morning that in Philadelphia, a juror currently seated in the Fumo trial Twittered about it and apparently made a post on his or her Facebook account. The article, from the MyFoxPhilly website appears below.
Also, below is a repost of a blog entry I made on the If You Want To Know The Truth blog here on Blogger.com.
In that post I told you all that a poster on a small town community forum shared with all that she had received information about the Roseboro defense through an individual claiming to have been given that information directly by an aide who works for Mike Roseboro's defense attorney, Allan Sodomsky. The impropriety of that chain of gossip got the attention of many who read the forum and I know that Mr. Sodomsky's firm was notified. What his plan is for dealing with that is unknown at this time, but it could be something, among other things, that he sticks in his pocket to use as ammo to file for a mistrial. We'll have to wait and see.
That aide losing her job would be the least of the fallout from that information being posted. Think people! If you aren't sure what you're going to share is appropriate, ask someone or check it out. Op Ed and opinion posts are one thing, but when you claim to have facts and you post them and your source, it becomes a matter of public record.
Here is the Sodomsky post followed by the Fumo story from Fox News....

Mr. Sodomsky's office......

Mr. Allan Sodomsky's office received a complaint via email about the possibility of one of his staff discussing the Michael Roseboro murder case. What information was shared wasn't clear but it didn't seem to be of extraordinary importance.
The State of Pennsylvania statues regarding lawyer-client confidentiality extend to paralegals, secretaries, receptionists, scopists, transcriptionists and other ancillary staff.
In the event of a breach of the statute, the employee can suffer as little as a reprimand or as much as a civil suit being filed against them.
The complaint resulted from a post on a public forum by a party who claimed to have heard information third hand, with the original reporter being the employee of the law firm.
Whether the employee in question actually violated the confidentialty of the firm is unknown at this time. All that is known is that the poster claimed, publicly, that she was given the information by a party who was personally known to the law firm employee.
It might have been a wiser thing for the forum poster to not share what she had been told. Most people would recognize that repeating any information related to a defendant in a murder trial, from an aide of the defense attorney might cause a problem for that employee, the defendant or the firm itself.

Fumo: Motion Filed For
Possible Mistrial

Juror Discussed Case On Facebook,
Twitter

PHILADELPHIA - Defense lawyers, in the corruption trial of ex-Pennsylvania Senator Vince Fumo, are calling for an immediate halt in jury deliberations.

Sunday, the defense filed a motion after learning a juror was posting comments about deliberations on Facebook and Twitter.

Fox 29's Steve Keeley reports, the defense wants U.S. District Judge Ronald Buckwalter to replace one or more jurors or consider declaring a mistrial.

The defense motion cites a Facebook post late Friday that allegedly tells friends to expect a "big announcement" on Monday and a Twitter message that same day stating "This is it ... no looking
back now!"

Fumo, a long-powerful Philadelphia Democrat, is charged with defrauding the Senate, a charity and a museum of $3.5 million, and with destroying evidence.

The juror has not been identified.

The trial has been underway for five-months.