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How do courts choose potential jurors?
It depends on the laws of the individual states. Some will pick random registered voters, and others pick random people who are registered for a driver license.
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Is this considered jury tampering when you choose the best juror for a case?
No, that just jury SELECTION; it's legal. Jury TAMPERING involves trying to influence a juror after she/he has been selected.
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How do lawyers choose jurors?
(in the US) It depends on the state. Some states use voter registration rolls, others use the Motior Vehicle Drivers License files. Jurors are picked at random from these pools and then summoned to...
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Where do you get jurors?
It depends on the jurisdiction. But, as a very general overview:The jury pool is drawn, at random, from the geographic area where a court's jurisdiction lies. The names are generally obtained from...
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Why do we have jurors?
(In the US) To satisfy the requirement of the 6th and 7th Amendments to the US Constitution.