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Anderson Koopa posted:So the thing about a Grand Jury is that it's not actually in a courtroom and the Judge, defendant, and the defense attorney aren't present. It's in something similar to a boardroom where you hang out with the prosecutor and your fellow jurors. Also, I won't be responsible for guilty / not guilty calls. We just get to choose whether a prosecutor can have their trial or not. I'm sorry to hear about I.M. GEI's father having medical problems, they should definitely be excused for that. I was on a grand jury once and we had to return exactly one "no true bill" because the prosecutor was a moron and just forgot to put on half of her case. So don't just rubber stamp, pay attention.
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There's a rule for jury selection (in some states) where for the defendant to preserve certain appellate rights, they have to use every single one of their preemptory challenges. Those challenges are the ones where the defendant can kick anyone off the jury for any reason. The prosecutor can use a preemptory challenge for any reason that isn't racist, which is often hard for them, but I digress. This leads to sometimes having a perfectly fine jury but the defendant wants to appeal something so he has to use every single challenge, which just is this crazy awkward parade of perfectly normal people getting called up to the box and them having to answer questions then get excused. I've seen this parade of jurors take forever while the judge is pissed, the prosecutor is rolling his eyes, and all the jurors are super confused and angry. Anyway sometimes getting kicked off the jury has nothing to do with you.
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