Jury Strike Sheet

To persuade jurors, you'll need to offer a thematic story throughout the entire case presentation and through each witness. With the aid of a mock trial, you'll know what themes resonated best and have a case story crafted around those themes.

All words any words phrase. challenge for cause. n. a request that a prospective juror be dismissed because there is a specific and forceful reason to believe the person cannot be fair, unbiased or capable of serving as a juror.

A struck jury is a multi-step process of selecting a jury from a pool.Second jurors are eliminated for cause by conducting voir dire until there is a pool available that is exactly the size of the final jury (including required alternates) plus the number of peremptory challenges available to each side.

The jury listens to the evidence during a trial, decides what facts the evidence has established, and draws inferences from those facts to form the basis for their decision. The jury decides whether a defendant is "guilty" or "not guilty" in criminal cases, and "liable" or "not liable" in civil cases.

After any prospective jurors are struck for cause, then the remaining 13 are reduced to 7 by what are called peremptory strikes. Each side of the lawsuit's attorney or attorneys is allowed to strike 3 potential jurors; after these 6 are removed, the remaining 7 are the jurors who will hear the case.

The government has 6 peremptory challenges and the defendant or defendants jointly have 10 peremptory challenges when the defendant is charged with a crime punishable by imprisonment of more than one year.

For example, a juror can be dismissed for cause if he or she is a close relative of one of the parties or one of the lawyers, or if he or she works for a company that is part of the lawsuit. Each lawyer may request the dismissal of an unlimited number of jurors for cause.

Step 1: Put the Jurors at Ease. Step 2: Remind Jurors What They Said. Step 3: Ask Jurors to Elaborate. Step 4: Acknowledge It Would Be Tough to Change. Step 5: Throw the Softballs. Step 6: Go In for the Kill.

They are discretionary strikes for counsel. They can be used by counsel to remove potential jurors who are NOT otherwise legally objectionable. They can be used by counsel to remove potential jurors who your gut tells you will not be good jurors in your case.