“The eight people deemed qualified to serve won’t necessarily be seated on the final jury. They just weren’t among those found to have hardened opinions on the case, or with hardships that made jury service an unfair burden. Prosecutors and the defense will take turns striking qualified pool members in order to arrive at the final jury.”
The mere idea that the prosecutor did not use a pre-emptive strike against a "longtime prosecutor who worked with Greg McMichael" is schadenfreudic beyond belief! You have to understand how voir dire works. This is someone who plausibly knew of Barnhill's on-point letter!
And yet the prosecution let him slide, when this was a textbook pre-emptive strike. Even if he doesn't make the jury, he could still make the alternate pool, and the prosecution's opportunity to dq him is gone.
"Dear Ms Crittendon and McGowan: |