A Colorado public defender criticized Monday the practice of letting jurors submit questions to witnesses during trials, telling the state's justices the custom harms defendants' fair-trial rights. "There's nothing wrong with our system that jury questioning will fix," she said. But an assistant AG argued that questions are filtered through the judge, prosecutor and defense attorney before a witness hears them, and follow-up questions by the prosecutor and defense attorney can correct any problems.
May 04, 2005 at 12:00 AM
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The attorney for a woman convicted of assault criticized the practice of allowing jurors to submit questions to witnesses during criminal trials, telling the Colorado Supreme Court in Pueblo it harms defendants’ fair-trial rights.
Public defender Tracy Renner said Monday that giving jurors the ability to ask questions turns them into “mini investigators or mini prosecutors,” distracts them from testimony and helps prosecutors prove their case.
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