cheerfulgreek:In our county, registered voters end up getting jury duty through a drawing but they may not make it onto a jury after interviews. The lawyers each get to choose part of the jury based on answers to their questions. They might not want young mothers on a jury that will try a murderer of a young mother or child, for instance. Or someone who's had their identity stolen (like our DA
) on the jury trying someone who stole identities.
I've never made criminal juries, only civil because when the lawyers heard that I taught at one of the jails, they'd say, "NEXT!"
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