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During voir dire, potential jurors are questioned by attorneys and the judge.It has been argued that voir dire is often ineffective at detecting juror bias. [1] Research shows that biographic information in minimal voir dire is not useful for identifying juror bias or predicting verdicts, while attitudinal questions in expanded voir dire can root out bias and predict case outcomes. [2]
Jury selection is the selection of the people who will serve on a jury during a jury trial. The group of potential jurors (the "jury pool,” also known as the venire) is first selected from among the community using a reasonably random method. Jury lists are compiled from voter registrations and driver license or ID renewals.
You’re jury service will end at the end of that day unless you are asked to continue being a part of jury selection or selected as a sworn or alternate juror in a trial.
A citizen's right to a trial by jury is a central feature of the United States Constitution. [1] It is considered a fundamental principle of the American legal system. Laws and regulations governing jury selection and conviction/acquittal requirements vary from state to state (and are not available in courts of American Samoa), but the fundamental right itself is mentioned five times in the ...
Aug. 22—A jury has been chosen for the first-degree murder trial of James R. Brashear after two days of jury selection. The 14-member jury consists of 11 men and three women, and they were sworn ...
The murder trial of Donna Adelson is set to begin with jury selection on Tuesday Sept. 17 in the Leon County Courthouse in Tallahassee.. The trial will take place over ten years after the brutal ...
A struck jury is a multi-step process of selecting a jury from a pool. First potential jurors are eliminated for hardship. Second jurors are eliminated for cause by conducting voir dire until there is a pool available that is exactly the size of the final jury (including required alternates) plus the number of peremptory challenges available to each side.
"The final phase of jury selection is the most important of the process for the litigants. Unlike federal courts, Florida courts allow the litigants to directly speak and question the venire.