Federal · Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure

18 U.S.C. § 1508: Recording, listening to, or observing proceedings of grand or petit juries while deliberating or voting

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Federal law prohibits recording, listening to, or observing grand or petit jury deliberations or voting by non-members, or attempting to do so.

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records, or attempts to record, the proceedings of any grand or petit jury in any court of the United States while such jury is deliberating or voting; or listens to or observes, or attempts to listen to or observe, the proceedings of any grand or petit jury of which he is not a member in any court of the United States while such jury is deliberating or voting—

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