Sorry, society is dangerously dumbed-down. Stick that in your pipe and smoke it.
That is not true, In fact it was the defense that wanted more peremptory challenges but was refused by the court. In the end, both sides said they were satisfied with the jury.<P
They would have done better to go to Tallahassee or Panama City for jurors. More conservative part of the state
Not only did the Prosecutor try to dump juror #4, the judge refused because he bought the defense argument that it was based on race.