When asked if he had ties to law enforcement the juror told of his family’s connections but did not reveal that he was a “prospective agent”. That meant he might be an agent sometime in the future. I am all for honesty and not lying and I agree with you that we don’t know the exact wording but I’m not sure the juror was asked to predict what he would do in the future. This one issue was used by the defendant’s attorneys to get a conviction overturned and potentially put a violent criminal on the street.
From reading the article the juror had at least applied to be an FBI agent. The question to me is how far into that process was he.
And this is a lesson for all who want criminals put away, dont play funny with getting on a jury. All you do is set things up for a retrial years later when memories have faded and evidence is old.
I don't think the question is whether he expected to be in law enforcement. The fact that he wanted to be in law enforcement is reason to expect bias. Personally, if I was bucking for a job in LE the last thing I would want to do is serve on a jury.