Trial Lawyers React: The Devil's Advocate

[@jasperporciuncula8104]

Thank you for shedding light to my queries

[@B..P..]

Well said

[@the_once-and-future_king.]

As someone who has a fair jury process, it astounds me that America even allows lawyers to 'select' a jury. You should get the jury you're given and just suck it up.

[@wvman2374]

its not that the lawyers get to pick who goes on the jury, there is a pool of potential jurors and each side gets to 'strike' a set number from the pool....like 3 each out of 36. Then from the remaining pool of potential jurors the actual jury is selected at random plus however many alternate jurors are needed.

[@razorfett147]

both sides get an equal say in the jury selection. there's no way to "load" a jury. a completely random selection process leaves to much room for unfit jurors to be unwittingly placed on the case. no system is perfect, but this one gives the best opportunity for a balanced jury

[@the_once-and-future_king.]

@@razorfett147 Yes, but the court should weed out the unfit jurors, not the lawyers.