Jury Selection Research Paper

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Jury Selection is the first stage of a trial. The people that are part of the jury panel are selected from previous records like tax records. The jury panel is also called the venire. To keep the case unbiased, or the voir dire, people that are family members or friends could not be a juror. The opening statements come second. As always, the prosecutor goes first. Next is the defense. The prosecutor also goes last. Next is the presentation of evidence. There are two types of evidence, direct and circumstantial. Direct evidence would be things like video recording of the crime. Circumstantial evidence would be something like a witness saw a man running with a gun, a ski mask, and a bag of money in hand, even though the witness didn’t see

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