Jury In Sarah Palin Trial Finds ‘New York Times’ Not Guilty Of Defaming Her
A day after a judge tossed out Sarah Palin‘s case against the New York Times, the jury made the same decision. The 9-person jury, made up of five women and four men, heard seven days of trial and had been deliberating since Friday night. They were unaware that Judge Jed Rakoff had already ruled that Palin and her team did not adequately prove “actual malice.” After his decision was announced to the public yesterday, he said he would wait for the jury’s verdict, then toss the case. The precedent for public figures who sue for defamation was set by the 1964 New York Times vs. Sullivan case. The ...