Research

(Bloomberg.com, April 28, 2006: Moussaoui Sentencing Jury Is Told Not to Do Its Own Research.

The judge in Zacarias Moussaoui's sentencing trial admonished jurors not to do their own research after learning that one member of the panel looked up the word "aggravating" in a dictionary at home.

Doing outside research "changes your role as jurors. You would then become an advocate for one side or the other," the judge said. "It's very important that it be done by the rules."