What would lead you to strike a potential juror?
July 30, 2008
Most attorneys strike potential jurors who appear to resent that they have to be there.
If you sense that someone is eager to be a juror, how might that affect your decision?
It is not easy to tell whether a prospective juror is eager to serve. Even if an attorney can tell, that is not necessarily a good thing or a bad thing.
What’s the oddest excuse you’ve heard from someone trying to avoid being selected?
“I get claustrophobia in jury rooms.”
Source: Professor Byron L. Warnken, University of Baltimore School of Law and principal in Warnken, LLC, in Towson, Maryland; byron.warnken[at
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