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Katie Phang

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➡️The jury selection process in Trump's NY trial on Monday should go as follows:

▪️ 18 prospective jurors will be put in the jury box at a time and each one will read aloud their answers to the 42 questions in the jury questionnaire.
▪️ Prosecutors can first ask questions of the

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A for-cause challenge is one wherein the juror has indicated that they cannot be fair and impartial; their answers indicate that they are biased in some way against one side so they are not able to sit as a juror.

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A peremptory challenge can be the striking of a prospective juror without having to articulate a reason. Maybe you don't like the clothes they're wearing; maybe their body language doesn't feel right to you. Regardless, you want to strike that juror and not have them sit on

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: This is when a prospective juror's public-facing life comes under scrutiny. You can bet your bottom dollar all of these jurors will have their social media presences scoured for signs of bias one way or another and to see if they're answering consistently and

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