State prosecutors then conducted an investigation into the possibility of criminal jury tampering.

Charges of jury tampering are currently the subject of a Federal investigation.

Prosecutors asked for the extreme safeguard to prevent jury tampering.

But no charges of jury tampering in that case were brought.

"The exercise of freedom of speech is not jury tampering," he said.

That would be considered jury tampering and would get any other case thrown out of court.

But personal injury lawyers say the effort is a particularly pernicious form of jury tampering.

And I think there was some jury tampering going on.

Cross then changed his plea to guilty in the jury tampering case.

And my father could have gone to jail for jury tampering.