Christopher Carbuccia

November 14, 2019 

ENG 101 FY05

Professor Olivia Wood

      Annotated Bibliography 

1. Streicker, S. (2015, August 17). Jury Selection in Criminal Cases. Retrieved from https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/jury-selection-criminal-cases.html.  

• In this source it helps give me an idea of how people are selected to be a juror. I learned various things from this source. I learned that when the jurors are brought to court they are all asked specific questions. I also learned that some jurors can be granted not serving for jury duty if they are a student with an important exam, a person who has an upcoming surgery, a person who takes of an elderly person or someone who is ill, or etc. I also learned that lawyers have the opportunity to remove people from jury. 

1.  Anon, (2019).Why jurors may be removed during trial Available at: https://www.lawyers.com/legal-info/criminal/criminal-law-basics/excluding-jurors-removing-and-disqualifying.html [Accessed 14 Nov. 2019].

• This website talks about lawyers and their right to remove people from jury. The source tells me that the following reasons are reasons why a judge may dismiss a juror from a case. Bias for or against the defendant, contact with the defendant, and the refusal and inability to follow the law. If a juror is removed, the judge has the option of replacing the juror, continuing the trial with a smaller juror, or declaring a mistrial. 

1. peremptory challenge. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/peremptory challenge.

• In this source I learn more about what a peremptory challenge is. A peremptory challenge is the right to challenge a juror withouting having to state a reason. The lawyers defending/ or that are against the person being trialed are typically allowed to challenge a member or in some cases “members” of the jury. Peremptory challenges are granted by statute or by case law. Peremptory challenges were “under attack” in the 1980s becuase white lawyers would use their peremptory challenges to remove Africsn Americans from the trial if the criminal defendant was african american. They did this because the felt as if  the criminal defendant and the juror are of the same race , they might tend to be more sympathetic. So now, lawyers are not allowed to use peremptory challenges because of race. Now they defendant can object to a prosecutors peremptory challenge and the prosecutor would have to come up with a good neutral reason and if they fail to do so they will be denied their challenge. 

1. Wright, R. (2018, December 4). Yes, Jury Selection Is as Racist as You Think. Now We Have Proof. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/04/opinion/juries-racism-discrimination-prosecutors.html. 

• In this article, the author talks about his/her research on the selection of jury duty and how there is no “blindeye” when the selection of choosing jurors is happening. The author found out that based on a statewide jury selection record, prosecutors remove 20% of african americans are removed whereas only 10% of whites are removed. Meanwhile, defense attorneys removed 22% white jurors and 10% african american jurors. That about 90% jurors of color were striked with peremptory strikes. 

1. Kendall, G. (2015, April 1). 9 Things Lawyers Look for When Picking a Jury. Retrieved from https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/62514/9-things-lawyers-look-when-picking-jury.

• In this article, I learned about a few things that lawyers look for when selecting a juror and what might affect a juror being struck with a peremptory challenge or not. Lawyers look at your relationships. If your father was a cop and the person being convicted was a cop who shot a boy in self defense, chances are you will favor the cop because someone close to you is a cop. Lawyers also looks for various other things that might stand out to them. Things like: your experience with the law, your internet footprint (things you post, what you follow, etc.), your religion (what you believe in. your faith), your attitude, leadership skills (someone who is very vocal and might be able to say the rest of jury, very pivotal people in cases!), your clothes, your hair, your body language ( the look of not caring  not wanting to be there at all), and etc. 

1.  Ruth Lee Johnson J.D (2015, MarchThe Hidden Horrors of Jury Duty. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/so-sue-me/201503/the-hidden-horrors-jury-duty.

• This source talks about the cons of being a juror and jury duty. The reason I choose this source is because I feel it is very crucial to my paper. This information is vital to my topic because a lot of people hate being on jury duty for various reasons and this article dives more deeply into it. Some cons would be an exposure to disturbing images (images of blood, victims, corpses, and etc). Another thing is the manifestation of fear and avoidance, a study showed that 29% of jurors avoid doing things that would remind them of their time on jury. Another thing is the burden of responsibility, when on jury you have the responsibility of sending some to jail or letting that person become free. In conclusion, jury duty can cause a lot of stress, fear, and other emotional and physical problems.