united-states court jury trial
How are huge demonstrations outside a court house dealt with?
<p>For example, during Bill Cosby's trial, there were huge crowds with signs screaming all over outside the courthouse. I assume that every juror had to walk across that every day to get to the court.</p>
<p>Isn't that clearly tampering with the jury? You can't expect them to wade through a pool of people screaming some viewpoint and not expect the jury to be coloured by that. Does this at all lead to a mistrial, or is anything done to curb this effect? Or is it just accepted and nothing is done about it?</p>

<p>I don't know about the Bill Cosby trial, but in cases where there's a strong public debate in the media, the jury is usually sequestered (see the O.J Simpson case). I guess they would enter the courtroom by some back entrance, led by a Marshalls escort (or their State-level equivalent), or something like that.</p>
