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Prediction Market Murder Trial Betting Sparks Fears of Jury Tampering in US Courts

Prediction Market Murder Trial Betting Sparks Fears of Jury Tampering in US Courts

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Hundreds of thousands of dollars are being traded on the outcomes of high-profile murder cases, raising fears that prediction-market gamblers could attempt to influence jurors or interfere with verdicts. Polymarket has hosted betting markets on several criminal cases, including the murder trials of Massachusetts mother Lindsay Clancy and Tyler Robinson, the Utah man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Legal experts and court officials are concerned that those with inside knowledge of jury deliberations could profit from confidential information, while gamblers might even have financial incentives to interfere with verdicts, according to The Wall Street Journal .

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