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Originally Posted by Blondebaerde
Barring the above one would "assume" (?) attorneys would dismiss him from the pool during voir dire pre-trial. He'd express his issues, they'd likely excuse him. I'm no expert, being on exactly one jury trial in my life (c. 2015, an interesting case) and I "was" selected during voir dire.
Guessing voir dire itself might be quite stressful for a person with the afflictions mentioned. I'm a lone wolf but thoroughly enjoyed the case for a couple days. Would have been foreman but another young guy wanted it, and he was sharp. Didn't press the matter and he did a bang-up job.
Being sequestered as we were for a few hours one afternoon then same the next day AM (deliberations only took a few hours) could drive a person with anxiety issues nuts. Of the personalities on the jury a few paid attention, a few seemed intimidated by the process and/or fellow jurors, and one or two not too clever or frankly uninterested: hard to say. Couple alternates too. The defendant got a fair trial in my observation and we slept great with a "Not Guilty" in that case.
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In my jury experience the defendent made a plea bargain deal after two days of trial. I found the experience with the other jury members positive, with every one of us, it seemed to me, paying attention and trying to do our best. We were instructed not to
discuss the case during our sequester periods in the jury room, and we didn't, we talked about everything else under the sun, our families, work, opinions on local current events at the time, and told jokes. Our bailiff entertained us with tales of his family, his life, and wierd things that had happened over the years at the courthouse ( criminal court).
After the case was over, we were invited by the judge to stay and discuss the case with him, the attorneys, and some law students who had been observing the trial. They asked us our opinions on some of what we had heard during the trial, we were permitted to ask questions, and I found it a great experience.
Guess I was summoned for jury duty a total of 5 times in my life, picked for a jury once. I got another summons recently, but asked to be permanently excused due to my age (well over 70).
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