Does software that weeds out jurors put lawyers in a dilemma between database and gut instinct? JuryQuest checks jury questionnaires against national surveys and scores potential jurors as prosecution- or defense-friendly. Pitfalls range from computer glitches to concerns that programs using race and sex as a demographic might be ruled discriminatory. A computer won’t replace voir dire, but one jury consultant calls a computer’s advice a good gamble for a lawyer stuck between two jurors.
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Posted on Thursday, September 7th, 2006. Filed under: Law Misc, Litigation
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