Jury Selection

[FranEMTnurse, CNA, LPN, EMT-I]

As a court clerk I am well-versed in the

jury-selection process. First, a computer randomly

selects a few hundred citizens from the entire

county to report for jury duty on a particular

day. Then, another computer assigns 40 of those

present to a courtroom. Then, the 40 names are

placed in a drum, and a dozen names are pulled.

During jury selection for one trial, the judge

asked potential Juror No. 1 if there was any

reason he could not be a fair and impartial juror.

"There may be," he replied. "Juror No. 12 is

my ex-wife, and if we were on the same jury, I

guarantee we would not be able to agree on

anything."

Both were excused.