Originally Posted by
Lookleft
So you dont think the defense counsel is not checking out the potential jurors in the 15-20 minutes of the Judges preamble prior to jury selection? ...
In short, no.
In most courts the prospective jurors receive all the relevant pre-empanelment information from the Bailiff in a segregated area away from the courtroom, so there is no 15-20 minute period where the prospective jurors are in view of Defence counsel before empanelment begins.
When the prospective jurors are brought into the court they are usually at the back or to the Prosecution's side of the court room. The Defence really only gets a look at a selected juror when their juror number and name is called out after being drawn by the Judge's Associate, and they walk up to the Bailiff to be sworn in.
It's quite different from how it is sometimes portrayed in movies and the like.
Originally Posted by
Lookleft
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If you go for a job interview you have won or lost the job in the first 30 seconds of being in the room. The selection panel will have formed an opinion that will be reinforced by your subsequent performance.
My job interview days as a candidate are long gone now, but thanks for the tip.