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Striking the religious

By Shawn Matlock

Every now and then, I feel the need to read. I don't just mean my subscription of ESPN the Magazine, but I mean, you know, the law. And stuff. So last week I'm doing my normal trial prep which typically involves trying to think of all the conceivable crazy things that might happen. It's what I do. Leave me alone. One of the things I began thinking about was general jury selection. I will admit that for whatever reason I consider jury selection to be by far my weakest area of being a trial lawyer. I say that knowing I have had several judges tell me that they were impressed with my voir dire. I always think I leave something out or miss the chance to make this point or don't hammer home something. I don't know why. So as I started looking at various things that might come up with my particular case's jury selection, I began to wonder about the juror who says he can't sit in judgment of another person...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Matlock Blog on February 26, 2008 (boomark / email).