In order to understand how important jury selection is, one must first understand the process of the selection. 0n the day of the trial, there may be as many as one hundred and fifty jurors called for examination and selection. Out of that one hundred and fifty, twelve will be selected as the jurors to try the case, with two alternates. The hundred and fifty called, however, represented only a small percentage of the number …showed first 75 words of 2695 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2695 total…do to the best of their ability. Any prying into the personal affairs of a juror is unintentional, and is done only for the purpose of protecting the lawyer’s client. The lawyer will, of course, attempt to keep the questioning on the most friendly basis, since his object is to win friends and not to alienate the feelings of the other juror whom he is questioning or of any other members of the jury.