Understanding Jury Selection

The video tutorial explains the jury selection process in civil and criminal cases, focusing on voir dire, which involves questioning potential jurors to identify biases. It covers the dismissal of jurors for cause and the use of peremptory challenges, which allow parties to dismiss jurors without providing a reason, though not based on discrimination against protected classes such as gender or race.

What is the primary purpose of the voir dire process in jury selection?

• To train jurors for the trial

• To determine the verdict of the case

• To identify potential biases in jurors

• To finalize the jury list

What does it mean to strike a juror for cause?

• Dismissing a juror without any reason

• Dismissing a juror due to identified biases

• Selecting a juror for the final jury

• Training a juror for the trial

What are peremptory challenges?

• Challenges that allow dismissing a juror without providing a reason

• Challenges that require a reason for dismissing a juror

• Challenges that finalize the jury selection

• Challenges that increase the number of jurors

Which of the following is NOT a protected class that cannot be used as a basis for dismissing a juror?

• Gender

• Race

• Occupation

• Religion

Why might a party use a peremptory challenge during jury selection?

• To increase the number of jurors

• To finalize the jury list

• To dismiss a juror without needing to provide a reason

• To dismiss a juror for a specific bias