On what is the claim that the jury is supposed to know any party based on? Edit: To be clear, I agree with your premise that knowing the defendant does not nec

On what is the claim that the jury is supposed to know any party based on? Edit: To be clear, I agree with your premise that knowing the defendant does not necessarily bias a jury in favor of the defendant. I don't think there's any reason to assume the jury should have any knowledge of anyone, though. In fact if you do, you'll probably get removed from the jury.