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Jury Selection Tools for a High-Profile Case
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Building on the jury bias discussion, Blake asks Burkhart what concrete tools are available to the judge — referencing jury consultant Jo Ellen Demetrius, who worked OJ Simpson, Enron, and Daniel Penny. Burkhart lays out the standard toolkit: expand the jury pool (if you normally call in 100, call in 200 for a case this high-profile), use pre-written questionnaires to gather information before voir dire, allow extended oral questioning about exposure to the case, and conduct individual closed-door sessions when necessary to probe specific opinions without contaminating other potential jurors. The goal is simply to maximize the number of candidates available so that after filtering out those who have prejudged the case, enough remain — 12 to 16 for alternates — who can judge it solely on courtroom evidence.
