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Yes to many things... like felony charges and you lose your rights too...or being still under probation or court terms, etc. Plus, most importantly, they are generally considered partial and will not be able to give a fair impartial judgment...holding grudges and such against the system. ANSWER Well first off, they screen jurors so 99.99999% of the time, this won't happen, but there are errors in the system. Most convicts would just mention it because they don't want to be there, but again, it's all contingent on what happens in a particular case. The first question is: "What was the verdict?" A verdict of NOT GUILTY cannot be reversed, no matter what. All 12 jurors could have been felons and the evidence could have been totally in favor of the Prosecution---they could have a video tape and DNA evidence---doesn't matter. If the 12 felons say NOT GUILTY and then all 12 of them say they are felons, there's nothing that can be done because it is double jeopardy. Now, a GUILTY verdict could be overturned and declared a mistrial for having a felon on the jury because felons aren't supposed to be jurors. But a NOT GUILTY verdict cannot be. Sorry.

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