Scientific Jury Selection

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In this article, the writer reviews literature on the efficacy of jury selection. The writer discusses the inherent problems in this matter. Further, the writer describes the process as a combination of science and intuition or guess work. The use of a jury consultant is also examined.

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"Scientific jury selection is essentially partly science and partly intuition or guesswork. The science involved is a combination of sociology and psychology, as jury selectors have learned that the best predictors of juror behavior are the characteristics of the defendant in a particular case and the way the juror perceives those characteristics. Even when science is applied to this relationship however, predicting juror response is still a matter of some guesswork. Science can only lead to a prediction of juror behavior, it cannot guarantee that the ... "

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