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What happens if they can't pick a clean jury in an American legal case?
Take this Jessica Lunsford case for example. As media feeding increases it is inevitable that somewhere, somehow, someday we will not be able to find 12 honest unbiased and unmedia fed jurors for some case. What then? We have no provision for an inability to select a jury do we?
The point of the question being, WHAT IF WE CAN'T FIND ONE...
4 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
It was difficult to find an unbiased jury for the trial in Montgomery County, Maryland involving the DC snipers, Lee Boyd Malvo and John Allen Muhammad since most people in the area heard about the killings and were affected by it. They did end up getting a jury, as difficult as it was.
What the prosecuting and defending attorneys try to do is find a set of jurors who could provide the least biased views.
- ?Lv 71 decade ago
Just today they said they will have to move it again! This will be the third county. Come to my county we know the right answers!
- 1 decade ago
mistrial. or the judge will sequester the jury for a long long time, then on with the show.
