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So never admit that you know anything.

Being knowledgeable about a case will get you removed.
Ignorance of what is going on will get you enpaneled in most cases.

Then the court will make sure the jury is totally ignorant of the defendants background. If you are siting on an armed robbery case and the defendant has been convicted 3 previous times for armed robbery, you will not know about it until you have reached a verdict. That works well for the guilty but not for the citizen on trial who has no criminal record.- Tom

39 posted on 03/17/2012 4:29:56 PM PDT by Capt. Tom

Which brings us to the topic of sequester. How is that legal?

40 posted on 03/17/2012 4:41:25 PM PDT by txhurl (Thank you, Andrew Breitbart. In your untimely passing, you have exposed these people one last time.)

What benefit is the defendant's history in judging the facts of the instant case? Knowledge of that information would most likely introduce bias against the defendant.

41 posted on 03/17/2012 5:01:04 PM PDT by FoxInSocks (B. Hussein Obama: Central Planning Czar)

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