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.
September 06, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
A new computer software program that helps weed out biased jurors is raising a dilemma for lawyers: Should they go with their gut instinct when picking jurors, or listen to a computer?
Dozens of attorneys in the last year have embraced the concept of using a computer to help strike biased jurors from their cases, including the defense lawyer in the Andrea Yates murder trial.
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