Cases of Jury Tampering
- James Riddle "Jimmy" Hoffa, a trade union leader, was convicted of jury tampering in 1964.
- The former West Virginia Governor, William Wallace Barron was convicted of jury tampering in 1971.
- In 2007, an attempt to bribe a juror in a case investigating cigarette smuggling in Northern Ireland led to the retrial being heard by a judge sitting alone, the first such ruling.
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