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  • Picking The Perfect Jurors

    04/04/2002 1:20:53 AM PST · by 2Trievers · 1 replies · 348+ views
    Hartford Courant ^ | Apr 04 2002 | LYNNE TUOHY
    NORWALK -- Prosecutor Jonathan Benedict wants to know if prospective jurors would hesitate to convict Michael Skakel of murder because he was just 15 at the time Martha Moxley was bludgeoned to death 26 years ago. Defense attorney Mickey Sherman wants to know if they've seen the movie classic "Twelve Angry Men." The first day of jury selection in the Skakel case ended Tuesday with two jurors chosen and a sharpened image of the hurdles both sides have to overcome. It also highlighted how calculation and gut instinct meld when choosing which strangers will decide a case. At first blush,...