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Jury Selection and the Petit Case in Connecticut

By Steve Hall

Blawgger and Connecticut attorney Norm Pattis writes the commentary, "Cheshire Case Illustrates Jury Picking Problems," for the Connecticut Law Tribune.Ice is melting in a New Haven courtroom, and the world has turned out to watch. Will members of the Connecticut General Assembly pay any attention? Will they open their eyes and realize that individual sequestered voir dire wastes time and contributes little or nothing to the pursuit of justice?Jury selection is underway in the case of State v. Steven Hayes. He is one of the two men accused of invading the home of Dr. William Petit in the summer of 2007. Hayes and his co-defendant face the death penalty for their roles in the rape and murder of the doctor?s wife and two daughters. The men also assaulted Dr...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 26, 2010 (boomark / email).