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To: Friendofgeorge

“...clearly the jury was selected for their left leaning politics! These jury picking experts are good at doing this.”

I imagine that DeLay’s attorneys were as good at jury selection as a public prosecutor would be. By the way, you don’t get to “select” anyone as a lawyer in the Texas voir dire process. You are merely given a certain number of peremptory challenges, which allow you to excuse any juror for any reason you choose, except prohibited reasons such as race. All other jurors must be excused “for cause”, which means generally that you are able to show to the Court that the juror is already prejudiced against your client.


271 posted on 11/25/2010 9:04:36 AM PST by freethinker_for_freedom
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To: freethinker_for_freedom

So what you are saying is that I am wrong, and that the jury was not made up of 12 partisan Democrats?


300 posted on 11/25/2010 5:24:50 PM PST by Friendofgeorge (SARAH 2012 OR BUST)
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