6th & 7th Amendments - Jury selection

6th & 7th Amendment

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Under the sixth amendment you are guaranteed additional rights because you have been accused of a crime. Check those additional rights.

• trial by jury

• hear and question witnesses

• provided an attorney

• told of all charges

• go to prison

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What does the Seventh Amendment consist of?

• Civil Case

• Criminal Case

• Cases involving $1500 or more

• prison for punishment

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Why should the jury pool be a representative cross section?

• more ideas

• mutual cancellation of biases

• improve "fact-finding" ability

• decrease the acceptability of the verdict

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The selection of the 6-12 jurors is called the

• Venire

• voir dire

• jury

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A peremptory challenge allows attorney's to

• include a juror without reason

• exclude a juror with reason

• include a juror with reason

• exclude a juror without reason

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Attorneys will typically pick a juror for which of the following?

• agree with the attorneys theory of the case

• have similar characteristics related toward the case

• will benefit their side of the case

• personally know the juror

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Jurors who are disinclined to render wild verdicts are typically

• clergymen/clergywomen

• school teachers

• businessmen/businesswomen

• Lawyers

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The Judges goal of a jury

• have a representative and unbiased jury

• put aside prejudices and follow instructions

• remove the most prejudicial jurors

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The Attorney's goal to a jury

• Representative and unbiased jury

• put aside prejudices and follow instructions

• remove the most prejudicial jurors

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Society's goal of a jury is

• have a representative and unbiased jury

• put aside prejudices and follow instructions

• remove the most prejudicial

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What should you look for when hiring a lawyer?

• Competence

• Dilligence

• Negligence

• Communicates