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Because it would get to more of the truth.

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Q: What are some of the reasons why people feel that jurors should be allowed to ask questions during a trial?
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What do attorney do during jury selection?

Attorneys will ask prospective jurors various questions to determine if they will be a good fit for the jury. Prospective jurors can be dismissed if the attorney feels they are biased.


Can lawyers ask jurors personal questions?

It depends where they are in the process. During jury selection, there is an opportunity to interview the jury pool. The questions can be personal, but should have some relationship to the case and the ability to serve. Once the trial has started, there should not be individual conversations with jurors.


Sample Voir Dire in a Child Custody Case?

Only Texas allows juries in custody cases, but jury questions are not allowed in advance. You get the next batch of available jurors on the list.


Is there a set number of jurors legally required to sit on the jury of a murder trial?

Typically juries in criminal trials consist of 12 jurors with a couple alternates in case any of the jurors drop out for health reasons or are dismissed.


Are jurors allowed to go home each day after the trial?

Yes, unless they are sequestered.


Do you know who is qualified to answer foreclosure questions truthfully?

Jurors are people who are qualified to answer foreclosure questions truthfully. Not only will they do it, but they have to. They are sworn to answer truthfully about qualifications for the case.


What are jurors supposed to do?

During deliberations, the jurors speak among themselves and discuss and debate the evidence and witness testimony and come to a reasoned conclusion on the verdict.


Does a defendant and his attorney choose the jury?

Both parties choose the jury. In many cases prospective jurors will be asked to answer a series of questions. Both sides can then interview jurors and each gets to reject or accept them.


How many states allow the jury to ask questions to the defendant?

The states that expressly encourage judges to allow jurors to question witnesses are Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nevada and North Carolina. Out of these jurisdictions, Arizona, Florida, and Kentucky require that judges allow jurors to ask written questions. The respective highest state courts of Indiana and Kentucky have ruled jurors have a right to ask questions of witnesses. (See related link below for more information.)


A jury panel is the room where prospective jurors wait during pretrial hearings?

true


In Missouri can women be excused from jury duty based on their sex?

Absolutely not. HOWEVER - when selecting a jury panel - during Voire Dire, the attorneys questioning the prospective jurors MAY, for their own reasons, exercise a peremptory challenge against certain jurors they feel may be hostile to their case. They do NOT have to explain their reason why, but the sex of the juror could be a factor in a particular case.


What do attorneys do during jury selection?

By law, you and the states attorneys office have to agree on the fact that you and them agree that the citizens before you are impartial and interrested in only the facts of law to bring about a truthful and just finding at the end of your trial.