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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: Michael M who wrote (64748)12/2/1999 4:04:00 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (2) of 108807
 
>>>>>Jury make-up is largely a product of jockeying for advantage by the defense and prosecution<<<<<

Depends on what you mean by "largely," but I would say that you are wrong if you mean more than "somewhat." Each side gets a limited number of peremptory strikes (depends on the jurisdiction), but not enough to shape the jury. As a for instance, the jury panel (venire) may be 20 jurors, and the trial demands 7 ~ these numbers are consistent with a civil jury trial in Fairfax. The judge will seat 13 prospective jurors, and after voir dire, may excuse some for cause. After the potential jurors are excused for cause, their numbers are made up from the venire (panel seated in the courtroom listening). Then the lawyers will start peremptory strikes, and finally seven will be left. Each side got to strike 3/13ths of the potential jury, that's about 1/4.
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