Jury Selection

Question 1

What is the 6th amendment?

Answer 1

Guarantees right to trial by impartial jury in criminal cases

Question 2

What is the 7th amendment?

Answer 2

guarantees right to a trial by jury in most civil cases

Question 3

What is the Jury Selection and Service Act of 1968?

Answer 3

legislation mandating that federal and state courts assemble juries that constitute a fair cross selection of the community

Question 4

What is jury pool, venire, and voir dire? Process of jury selection?

Answer 4

Technically a deselection.

A random sample of jurors is drawn from the jury pool, and everyone in the sample of potential jurors is sent a summons to appear

> everyone who shows up is the venire

> follow “one day of one trial system”= called for jury duty you only need to make yourself available for one day unless you are selected

> voir dire= final stage of jury selection, attorneys and judge ask potential jurors qs to determine who will serve on jury

Question 5

What are trial consultants?

Answer 5

Hired by companies that are being sued for large sums of money or wealthy defendants; data driven approach to both before and during trial.

Organizing mock trials, focus groups, and community attitude surveys to test trial strategies and arguments before the real trial.