Eli5: how is an impartial jury chosen for cases involving public officials and political figures?
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You don’t. Impartiality has little to do with our judicial system. It is a game played by lawyers who seek to win–respecting the law and justice aren’t really the objective. Both sides try and make the jury as unbalanced in their favor that they think they can. Both sides can challenge potential jury members for reason and each side is usually given a set number of jurors they can reject for no reason. In theory the jury will be somewhat of a compromise between the two sides.
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