Our jury selection process has gotten ridiculous. Prospective jurors beliefs and philosophies are used as a basis to deny their right to sit on a jury. The only reasons a citizen should be excluded from a jury is if they have a personal relationship with any of the parties involved or stand to personally lose or gain based on the outcome of the trial.
- My Proposal -
Call prospective jurors from the appropriate geographic area using a totally random method. Then restrict jury selection questioning to the following questions; 'Do you have a personal relationship with any of the parties involved in this trial?' and 'Do you stand to personally lose or gain based on the outcome of this trial?' If either of these are answered 'yes' then the person is eliminated otherwise they sit on the jury.
March 07, 2004
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