how are jurors chosen?

Answer 1

Jury pools are called from the list of citizens kept by the Clerk of the Court; your name gets on this list when you register to vote, get a drivers license, buy a home, etc. The potential jurors are assigned numbers and a large group comes on court day. All the judges who need juries pass their needs on to the Clerk of the Court who uses a lottery-type system to select a pool of candidates for each trial. For example if a judge needs 8 jurors for a civil case, the Clerk will get a pool of maybe 20 people.

The people who are not put in the pool stay in the waiting area and may or may not be picked for the pool that the next judge requests.

The people picked for the pool are interviewed by the judge, and some background about them is passed along to the attorneys for both sides (job title, age, etc). The judge will want to know if you know anyone involved in the case, or if you have heard about the case in the news. There will be other questions, too, depending on what exactly the case is.

The attorneys listen to the interviews and the questions to see if they think the juror will be able to find in their favor. If the attorney objects to a particular juror, they can ask the judge to remove the juror (if it is a burgulary trial, the defense attorney might not want you on the jury if your house was ever robbed).

Anyone who is in the pool but not selected for the jury goes back to the waiting area in case they are needed to serve on a different trial that day.

Answer 2

Jurors are chosen by a process called voir dire. That involves asking the potential jurors a series of questions, some of which may involve the case, to determine their fitness for serving. Attorneys may get a number of chances to challenge potential jurors without cause, which are called peremptory challenges. Other challenges must be made for cause.

Answer 3

Basically - when a jury trial is needed , registered voters are sent notice(letter from their county seat or courthouse) of their call to jury duty which would list the time and location to report to. Once there you wait your turn to be questioned as to if you have any preconceived prejudices , know anyone of the court employees or the defendant. Once the jury is picked you are either on it or dismissed.(it may differ from state to state or severity of the case)

We had an older man once called to jury duty that told the judge ....... "hang the bugger , he just looks guilty as sin" He was dismissed but still loves to tell the story over coffee at our local cafe.

Answer 4

The best way to make it onto a jury is to answer the questions that they ask you with no strong opinions given one way or the other. Don't give any indications of which way you may go in favor of innocence or guilt. That way neither side will object to you staying amongst the ones who may be chosen to serve.

Answer 5

Voting records and drivers licenses are how they find ya Then the defense and prosecution interview you and if both agree that you would be impartial then your chosen. Do your part if picked. If you refuse then call our system corrupt your part of the problem.

Answer 6

By voir dire

Answer 7

thru the drivers license office