The public now has a window into America’s often complicated jury selection process, as the court attempts to select people that all sides agree can be fair.
But this case stands out from the others. Law professor Andrew Ferguson, who wrote a book about jury duty, said it’s rare for jurors to be struck because lawyers discover additional information after being sworn in. But in a case like this, where jury selection takes days, it makes it seem like lawyers would take more time to investigate more thoroughly.
And because it’s about Trump — as opposed to a less famous defendant — people have had years to form opinions and post publicly about him, so there’s a lot of material to go through.
The media exposure around the jurors, like the woman who was fired, is also unusual.
“We don’t want jurors to feel any outside pressures that might sway them one way or the other,” Ferguson said in an email.
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