互联网对英国陪审制的挑战初探——以福蕾尔案为例

2011年英国公民福蕾尔在担任一件毒品案件审判的陪审团成员时因违法使用互联网接洽被告、搜索被告信息而被控藐视法庭罪,成为英国第一个因在案件审理期间滥用互联网被判刑的陪审员。该事件发生后轰动了英国司法界,互联网对英国陪审系统带来的冲击开始被关注,成为英国陪审制发展上的一个新难题。,分析互联网对英国陪审制的挑战及其原因,找到英国陪审制的出路,正确借鉴其成功经验为我国的司法审判制度改革所用尤为重要

Researches on Internet Challenge to the Jury System of UK --Based on the Case of Frail

In 2011, British citizen Frail was accused of contempt of court due to illegal use of internet to contact det~mdam and search information about defendant during her service as a jury member of a drug case, making Frail as the first jury member, who was sentenced of internet misuse in the period of trail in UK. The incident caused a sensation among the judicial field in UK, and the internet challenge to the jury system attracted a lot of attention which became a new issue arising in terms of the development of jury system in UK. In this paper, the writer takes the ease of Frail as an example to analysis how the internet threatens the jury system and its contributing factors. Taking its successful experience is particularly important to the refbrm of the judicial system in China