"Voir dire was supposed to guarantee the defendant a fair and neutral jury, but instead they’re using it to “clean up” the juries (and get rid of) those opposed to the court’s policies. They don’t want an independent jury. They believe it’s their jury. ... [T]he way they’re using voir dire now, starts jurors thinking, “Is there anything that would make me hesitate to convict?” " | by: | |
Source: | quoted by Vin Suprynowski, Juror on trial, The Post Dispatch, September 5, 1996, p. 5. |
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