voir dire
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Find the bias: Chief federal judge, lawyers talk about how to select a jury
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For lawyers participating in jury selection in federal court, the key is to identify biased jurors, while also remaining conversational, taking notes, and paying attention to basic details. “It is a very frequent occurrence that I’ve clarified how the juror pronounces his or her name and the attorney gets up there and butchers it because…
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Biased jurors cause appeals court to overturn burglary, theft convictions
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Colorado’s second-highest court has overturned a woman’s convictions for burglary and theft after a Lincoln County judge permitted two biased jurors to serve. Although the state and federal constitutions guarantee the right to an impartial jury, multiple people who sat on Kathyrn Therese Oakes’ jury voiced their opinion that the criminally accused may be “hiding…
