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Post by Stormyweather on Oct 2, 2007 13:37:51 GMT -6
When a jury is picked does the defendand get to sit in the courtroom?
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Post by trogdor on Oct 2, 2007 13:50:36 GMT -6
You can pick a jury, and you can pick your nose, but...well...you know...
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Post by RED on Oct 2, 2007 13:52:03 GMT -6
It is certainly the defendant's right to be present during jury selection. Love, RED When a jury is picked does the defendand get to sit in the courtroom?
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Post by carolyn on Oct 2, 2007 15:09:58 GMT -6
YES.
The defendants are there. I was in a jury before but was not picked but the defendant was there, they introduced him to the prospective jurors
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Post by Stormyweather on Oct 2, 2007 18:21:32 GMT -6
YES. The defendants are there. I was in a jury before but was not picked but the defendant was there, they introduced him to the prospective jurors Was the jury selection closed for the public?
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Post by carolyn on Oct 2, 2007 18:24:08 GMT -6
YES. The defendants are there. I was in a jury before but was not picked but the defendant was there, they introduced him to the prospective jurors Was the jury selection closed for the public? yes
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Post by HANGMAN1981 on Oct 14, 2007 0:41:30 GMT -6
Is it true that you must be open to ALL forms of punishment during jury selection? I read that if you are too pro-dp they will not select you.
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Post by Lisa on Oct 14, 2007 1:03:42 GMT -6
Is it true that you must be open to ALL forms of punishment during jury selection? I read that if you are too pro-dp they will not select you. The death penalty is not an option in every murder case. If the defendent is charged with a crime that qualifies for the DP and the prosecutor decides to pursue the DP, the jury is called a "death qualified" jury. A juror would not qualify if he's too extreme either way, pro or anti. Here's an explanation: "A death-qualified jury is a jury in a criminal law case in which the death penalty is a prospective sentence comprising jurors who are (1) not categorically opposed to the imposition of capital punishment and (2) not of the belief that the death penalty must be imposed in all instances of capital murder—i.e., who would consider life imprisonment as a possible penalty. The creation of such a jury requires the striking during voir dire of jurors who express opposition to the death penalty such that they are unable or unwilling to set aside personal, moral, or emotional objections toward the supporting of a death sentence, and is designed to produce a fair and impartial jury of which the members will fairly consider all options, including the death penalty and life imprisonment. Expressing opposition to the death penalty does not automatically disqualify a juror. A party may attempt to rehabilitate the juror by asking questions as to whether, personal convictions notwithstanding, he might consider the death penalty. A juror who expresses exorbitant support for the death penalty who would thus otherwise be struck may be rehabilitated should he state that he is willing openly to consider life imprisonment. The use of a death-qualified jury was found to be consistent with the United States Constitution, most especially with the Sixth Amendment thereto, by the Supreme Court of the United States in Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 U.S. 510 (1968), and in Lockhart v. McCree, 476 U.S. 162 (1986); neither decision, though, mandated the use of death-qualified juries as against those containing jurors categorically unwilling to impose a penalty of death. It is in view of the Witherspoon decision that the process of one's death-qualifying a jury is, in the United States, referred to colloquially as Witherspooning a jury." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death-qualified_jury
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Post by Lisa on Oct 17, 2007 3:19:30 GMT -6
Is it true that you must be open to ALL forms of punishment during jury selection? I read that if you are too pro-dp they will not select you. There is a capital murder trial underway in my area and I saw this jury questionnaire online. I thought you might be interested in reading it. The DP questions start on p. 6. www.tylerpaper.com/assets/pdf/juryquestionnaire.pdf
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