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Non-American, don't know how the system works - how come they can eliminate people from the jury pool? I would have expected the jury selection to be completely
by facepalm 11y ago
Non-American, don't know how the system works - how come they can eliminate people from the jury pool? I would have expected the jury selection to be completely random? There is no way the system can be fair if they get to select the jury.
- matt4077 11y agoBoth the prosecution and the defence get to exclude ("challenge") a certain number of jurors. The idea is that you want jurors to be "generic", i. e. they should each be an average person without any experiences relevant to the case. So, for example, a recent victim of crime makes for a bad juror for the defence who will probably boot him/her of the jury.
- TheBeardKing 11y agoIt's intended to eliminate people with preconceived biases, but attorney motives for selecting jurors usually go far beyond that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_selection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_selection