Rodgera
23rd March 2012, 01:05 PM
As a court clerk, I am well-versed in the jury selection process.
First a computer randomly selects a few hundred citizens from the
entire county to report for jury duty on a particular day. Then
another computer assigns 40 of those present to a courtroom. Then the
40 names are placed into a drum, and a dozen names are pulled.
During jury selection for one trial, the judge asked potential Juror
No. 12 if there was any reason he could not be a fair and impartial juror.
"There may be," he replied. "Juror No. 1 is my ex-wife, and if we
were on the same jury, I guarantee we would not be able to agree on anything."
Both were excused.
First a computer randomly selects a few hundred citizens from the
entire county to report for jury duty on a particular day. Then
another computer assigns 40 of those present to a courtroom. Then the
40 names are placed into a drum, and a dozen names are pulled.
During jury selection for one trial, the judge asked potential Juror
No. 12 if there was any reason he could not be a fair and impartial juror.
"There may be," he replied. "Juror No. 1 is my ex-wife, and if we
were on the same jury, I guarantee we would not be able to agree on anything."
Both were excused.