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by MMZephyr on August 8th, 2011

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Jury Selection (Voir dire)?

Should jury be deselected and selected? The whole point of jury is to have the opinion of the people on a matter, and by selecting or deselecting those who look like they may oppose you, you're essentially breaking the point of jury.

Yes, there might be a few fanatics who join the jury, but that is very rare. If the percentage of fanatics/crazies who get picked for jury duty was anything above 1%, then jury selection might be viable just to remove them. But it seems that 1% would be a high number for that, so that's not an excuse for jury selection.

Should jury selection be allowed or not?

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  • by Friendly Stranger on August 8th, 2011
    voted: No

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    I don't think jury selection should be enforced because I think as you pointed out, the very issue of a person or persons being selected that are incompentent enough to decide on a case is very rare. The only reason why jury duty is random in all states is because it is the government's way of saying that we as citizens should in some way give back to our community by giving of our time and service. Basically it is, "if you live in our state, then you should have a say in the judicial process at some point". It is basically a civic duty for every citizen in the U.S. I don't believe selection should be enforced because there are no logical grounds to do so. The only thing that could be argued is a lack of judicial experience and that in some way the juror might be biased or sympathetic to the victim or criminal in the case. This is of course rare, because deciding on a conviction isn't necessarily emotional or sympathetic but it is based on logic (i.e. did person A kill person B). I would think most who are selected use common sense to come to the correct result. This isn't always the case, but for the majority I believe it is.

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