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...With high profile cases, the defense gets a unique opportunity to look at each and every juror, Naiburg said. "Also a high profile case tells the jurors that this is important. They exercise more concern in their decision--and that's pro-defense...
Certainly lawyers must have the right to oppose selection of a jury member who would be unfairly biased against his or her side, but the extent to which attorneys are permitted to veto inclusion of potential jurors by using "peremptory" challenges must be limited. Such opposition is not based on clear possibilities of bias on the part of the potential juror, but to a non-"cause" related reason...
These disqualifications must be supported by a "neutral explanation" and cannot simply be a factor of the potential juror's race. But improper disqualifications still occur that prevent cases from being heard by an impartial jury of the defendant's peers...
...days of fruitless deliberation, foreman Steven Kirk said his panel was totally deadlocked on all nine counts -- from perjury to giving false statements to Congress. "As a citizen," said Kirk, a Washington consultant, "I expect senior government officials like Clair George to be more forthcoming to Congress. As a juror, I felt compelled to give him the benefit of the doubt on whether his answers violated criminal statutes...
...change of venue. But Arey did not show up for the motion, leaving the argument to Jordan, whom Coleman charges with inadequate preparation. The case remained in Grundy, the seat of Buchanan County. After the trial, one of Coleman's appeals would be based on a report that a juror had allegedly announced that he hoped to be seated on the jury so he could "burn the s.o.b." The juror has denied making the statement...