[SalukiLawyer]

When you have lawyers go out and exclude prospective jurors specifically because they would examine a case in a thoroughly rational manner

They might have been pulling your leg. Actually, I would much rather have people who can give careful, thoughtful, intelligent consideration of facts, and I think most lawyers do. I can predict how people might deal with facts, and factor that into my case and arguments. What I can't deal with is some people who decide to ignore the court's instructions and make up their own legal system behind the door to the jury deliberation room. There may be the rare case when the defense lawyer's only hope is an anarchist or lunatic on the jury, but usually we have something rationale to discuss.

[Alberta's Child]

They might have been pulling your leg.

No, they were serious. Do you think OJ's legal team wanted anyone on that jury with an IQ higher than room temperature? Do you think John Edwards made a fortune by leaving intelligent, rational people on his juries?