This could easily be solved by making a random selection of jurors and alternates from the available pool. have everyone reporting for selection draw a numbered

This could easily be solved by making a random selection of jurors and alternates from the available pool. have everyone reporting for selection draw a numbered ticket from a hat. No names, no faces, no questions about what you do for a living, nope, none of that. You get who you asked for, and without the bullshit at the beginning where the lawyer and da (and their jury consultants) work to stack the jury in their favour. You want peers? Well, any random 12 out of the "random" pool selection ought to about cover it. And think of all the time it will save. I've been called and ended up sitting there for hours on end. It's a foolish waste of everyone's time. Everyone should report, draw their number, hangout for a bit until they know the total of jurors and alternates they need for each trial, and Bam call the number and send the rest home. I figure it should take a couple of hours at most before there's no more bored disgruntled crowd sitting around.