Jury selection is one of Gilbert's specialties. He looks at every factor that could help or hurt each side from a juror's personal experience to how much media coverage they've consumed. "It's really more of a de-selection process," Gilbert explained. "The two sides are really looking...
even if it is difficult to make choices, there will be a result in the end, and the selection will be a process involving comprehensive considerations, “We’ll review works based on various
In August, the Arizona Supreme Courteliminated peremptory challengesin jury selection for both criminal and civil cases. The court explained, following long study and abundant input, that peremptory challenges were subject to abuse by trial counsel, and concluded that eliminating them would produce fair...
During the jury selection "voir dire" process, I informed U.S. District Court Judge Jed Rakoff that I was a news reporter who often covered stories involving then-U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, and I was already familiar with the basic elements of this particular case. ...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The judge overseeing jury selection for a man who murdered 17 people at a Florida high school declared that the process will start over Monday, conceding that she should have questioned 11 potential jurors who said they woul
groups or the selection process, which is known as ‘empanelling’ the jury. The judge will start by considering applications to be excused. The judge may excuse a person even i the Sheri did not excuse a person or that reason.
. New laws were passed to stopthe notorious “pick-a-pal” systemfor selecting Grand Jurors in Texas. This stopped the practice of placing friends and colleagues onto state grand juries. However, there is still no legislation allowing defense counsel to participate in the juror selection process...
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"I think the thing foremost in my mind was that we were a part of a process that was going to get us to the place we've all been seeking and that's justice," Tate said. Jury selection is scheduled to last three weeks, and barring any delay, opening statements are set for March ...
Still, the jury selection process, known as voir dire, is designed to weed out people who are unwilling to follow the evidence and the law. Bader said she’s skeptical a jury would nullify here because the allegations are so serious. “This is not a case of (Mangione) like throwing bl...