Saturday, August 21, 2010

For some cases how can they pick jurors?

i mean for cases like the Peterson trial...and the McVeigh*sp*. I mean they are out there and everyone knows about them.For some cases how can they pick jurors?
The jury pool is picked from usually the voter registration rolls or the driver's license rolls or both. Then usually both lawyers get to ask them questions in order to determine if they are prejudiced. Sometimes only the judge asks questions. Often they fill out a questionnaire before the judge and lawyers question them. Both the prosecution and defense can eliminate usually 12 jurors without giving a reason, but they can eliminate an infinite number of jurors for cause. The usual strategy for the defense is to pick either successful, happy people since embittered losers want revenge for a misspent life. The usually like stupid, uneducated jurors since these are easier to mislead.For some cases how can they pick jurors?
there is always someone not watching the news, but the question is how legal themselves are they
Usually in a well publicized case the attorney will ask for a change of venue, meaning to hold the trial outside of the defendants hometown. Sometimes the judge will allow this.
i get what you mean these cases are so well publicized that it seems impossible to find a jury that will be impartial.


like the Gotti Jr. cases in NYC. they have tried this guy 3 times to a hung jury. the government is contemplating going for 4. but like the other 3 trials they have all been well publicized and it's hard to find a jury that will be impartial. most jurors will go in with the verdict already decided in their minds.

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