The
Harry Thaw trial for the murder of
Stanford White, known as "
The Trial of the Century," was the first to use a sequestered jury due to the excessive media attention and high-profile nature of the case. The trials of
Sam Sheppard in 1966,
Charles Manson in 1970,
O.J. Simpson in 1995,
George Zimmerman in 2013, and
Bill Cosby in 2017 were modern cases in which it was done, with the jury spending 265 days in sequestration in the Simpson case. In 2021, the jury in the
Derek Chauvin murder trial was partially sequestered during the trial itself, and fully sequestered during deliberations. While the trial proceedings were ongoing, jurors were permitted to go home overnight, but parked in a secure location and were escorted between it and a private entrance to the courthouse. While the jurors were not monitored at home, the jurors were monitored at all times while in the courthouse, including during breaks and meals. The jury was fully sequestered once deliberations began. ==See also==